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Skriven 2005-11-01 03:43:54 av Bob Hoffman (8:8/2)
Ärende: Perfection and Preservation
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Faith's Checkbook

November 1

Perfection and Preservation

"Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it" (1 Thessalonians 5:24).

What will He do? He will sanctify us wholly. See the previous verse. He will
carry on the work of purification till we are perfect in every part. He will
preserve our "whole spirit, and soul, and body, blameless unto the coming of
our LORD Jesus Christ." He will not allow us to fall from grace, nor come under
the dominion of sin. What great favors are these! Well may we adore the giver
of such unspeakable gifts.

Who will do this? The LORD who has called us out of darkness into His marvelous
light, out of death in sin into eternal life in Christ Jesus. Only He can do
this: such perfection and preservation can only come from the God of all grace.

Why will He do it? Because He is "faithful" - faithful to His own promise which
is pledged to save the believer; faithful to His Son, whose reward it is that
His people shall he presented to Him faultless, faithful to the work which He
has commenced in us by our effectual calling. It is not their own faithfulness
but the LORD's own faithfulness on which the saints rely.

Come, my soul, here is a grand feast to begin a dull month with. There may be
fogs without, but there should be sunshine within.

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733 S.M. B. BEDDOME
"Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts." Matt. 15. 19

1 Astonished and distressed,
I turn my eyes within;
My heart with loads of guilt oppressed, The seat of every sin.

2 What crowds of evil thoughts,
What vile affections there!
Distrust, presumption, artful guile, Pride, envy, slavish fear.

3 Almighty King of saints,
These tyrant-lusts subdue;
Expel the darkness of my mind,
And all my powers renew.

4 This done, my cheerful voice
Shall loud hosannas raise;
My soul shall glow with gratitude,
My lips proclaim thy praise.

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