A High Standard
And ye shall be holy unto me: for
I the Lord am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should
be mine. Lev. 20:26.
I also saw many do not realize what they must be in order to live in the sight
of the Lord without a high priest in the sanctuary through the time of trouble.
Those who receive the seal of the living God and are protected in the time
of trouble must reflect the image of Jesus fully. I saw that many were neglecting
the preparation so needful and were looking to the time of "refreshing"
and the "latter rain" to fit them to stand in the day of the Lord
and to live in His sight. Oh, how many I saw in the time of trouble without
a shelter! They had neglected the needful preparation; therefore they could
not receive the refreshing that all must have to fit them to live in the sight
of a holy God. Those who . . . fail to purify their souls in obeying the whole
truth . . . will come up to the time of the falling of the plagues, and then
see that they needed to be hewed and squared for the building. But there will
be . . . no Mediator to plead their cause before the Father. Before this time
the awfully solemn declaration has gone forth, "He that is unjust, let
him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and
he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let
him be holy still." I saw that none could share the "refreshing"
unless they obtain the victory over every besetment, over pride, selfishness,
love of the world, and over every wrong word and action. We should, therefore,
be drawing nearer and nearer to the Lord and be earnestly seeking that preparation
necessary to enable us to stand in the battle in the day of the Lord. Let
all remember that God is holy and that none but holy beings can ever dwell
in His presence. We are today to watch that we offend not in word or deed.
. . . We must today seek God and be determined that we will not rest satisfied
without His presence. We should watch and work and pray as though this were
the last day that would be granted us. How intensely earnest, then, would
be our life. How closely would we follow Jesus in all our words and deeds.
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