Chapter 1 A Consecrated Life - Far Eastern Bible College

4. Does it belong in the home of the Holy Spirit?
“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the
Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye
are not your own? For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit,
which are God’s” (1 Cor 6:19–20).
See also Ephesians 4:30.
5. Is it of faith? Do I have misgivings?
“And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he
eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin”
(Rom 14:23).
“Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we
confidence toward God” (1 John 3:21).
6. Does it positively benefit, build up (not simply, “Is it
harmless?”)?
“Let us therefore follow after the things which make for
peace, and things wherewith one may edify another”
(Rom 14:19).
“Let all things be done unto edifying” (1 Cor 14:26).
See also Romans 15:2; 1 Corinthians 10:8; Ephesians
4:12–16.
7. Does it spring from, or lead to, love of this world and
its value system?
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the
world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is
not in him” (1 John 2:15).
See also Mark 9:47; 11:14–15.
8. Does it involve union with an unbeliever?
“Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for
what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness?
and what communion hath light with darkness?” (2 Cor
6:14).
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