Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

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to the Mind, that there are enough men and women, of
lower intelligence to carry on generation.
The regenerate man-or woman-never worries himself
about this. They have but one central object to attain,
and that is to become one with their Father in heaven.
Without the help of the Holy Spirit, there can be no pure
mind.
This original corruption which inclines man to sin
and evil, is present with him.
Hence man covets those
things which are forbidden in the law of regeneration.
Think of the words of Jesus, "But I say unto you that
every man gazing at a woman, in order to cherish impure
desire, has already committed lewdness with her in his
heart. Many are given to this unlawful indulgence in the
imagination, and cherish impure thoughts in connection
with some young woman. "(Matt. v. 28, Emphatic Diaglott.)
We know that all lust springs out of an inactive,evil mind.
When the mind is stagnant and sluggish, the sensual
forces are concentrated around the sex, and the sex being
connected with the brain thru the spine, lewd desires
mount upward into the mind.
On the other hand, if the mind is kept active on God
and his purpose in regard to man, the sex
forces mount
up into the brain, and there can be no desire to cherish
impurity. In the Holy Spirit, therefore, we find our
shelter, from our serpent nature.
In the pattern of the heavens we see Jesus the Christ;
and we are preparing to imitate his life. He was an example
to be followed in the regenerate life. He was fit
to serve as a model of the holy order of the heavens; his
supreme excellence in matters of purity is to be desired
by all who undertake to follow him.
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TRUTH and wisdom are the mainsprings of righteousness.