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The Gift of Truth March 20
Sanctified by the Word of Truth
“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth” (John 17:17).
Instead of looking at the lives of your fellow men, look to Jesus.
There you will see no imperfection, but perfection, righteousness,
goodness, mercy, and truth. 51
No error can sanctify the soul; we must bear this in mind.
Sanctification comes not through error, but through belief of the
truth. We need to possess a faith that is based upon the sure word of
promise. 52
How many of us place a right estimate upon the Word of God?
Do we receive the testimony of the Scriptures as the voice of God?
Through the Scriptures the voice of God comes to us as veritably as
it came to Israel when He spoke on Sinai in the audience of all the
people. How many of us regard it in this light? If we did regard it
thus, what a change would be seen in our daily words and actions.
With what reverence and awe would we search the Word of God to
know the truth, the medium through which the soul's sanctification
is accomplished. No indifference, no carelessness, is allowed in our
searching of the Scriptures. Our spiritual development depends
upon our knowledge of the truth, upon our practice of its divine
principles as embodied in the precepts of the law and in the teaching
of our Lord. 53
The Word of God specifies the quality of the faith that will distinguish
between the sacred and the common, and will render the
life well-pleasing to Him who has purchased the powers of our
being by the redemption price of His blood. All men have a certain
kind of faith; but it is that faith which works by love that purifies the
soul. This faith cleanses the life from all self-serving, from all acquiescence
to man's arbitrary exactions. It is a genuine faith that is
revealed in the spirit, in the speech, and in the actions. In the life of
the one who possesses such a faith as this the will of Christ will be
daily carried out. 54
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