The New Life

The New Life.
the fire of God, through whom sin is unveiled and
consumed. He is "the Spirit of judgment and of
burning," by whom God purifies His people.^ To
the anxious soul who complains that he does not feel
his sin deeply enough, we must often say that there
is no limit as to how deep his repentance must be.
He must come daily just as he is ;
the deepest conviction
oftentimes comes after conversion. To the
young convert we have simply to say : let the Spirit
who is in you convince you always of sin. Sin,
which formerly you knew but by name, He will
make you hate. Sin, which you had not seen in the
hidden depths of your heart, He will make you
know, and with shame confess. Sin, of which you
fancied that it was not with you, and which you had
judged severely in others, He will point out to you
in yourself^ And He will teach you with repentance
and self-condemnation to cast yourself upon grace as
entirely sinful, in order to be thereby redeemed and
purified from it.
Beloved brother, the Holy Spirit is in you as the
light and fire of God to unveil and to consume sin.
The temple of God is holy, and this temple you are.
Let the Holy Spirit in you have full mastery to point
out and expel sin.' After He makes you know sin,
He will at every turn make you know Jesus as your
life and your sanctification.
1 Isa. iv. 4 ;
Zech. xii. lo, ii ; Matt. iii. ii, la.
2ps. cxxxix. 7, 23 ; Isa. x. 17 ; Matt. vii. 5 Rom. xiv. 4 i Cor.
; ;
U. 10, xiv. 34, 35.
•Ps. xix. 13, cxxxix. 33
; Mic. iii. 8 ; i Cor. iii. 17 ; a Cor. iii. 17,
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