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Contending for the Truth
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Beloved, when I gave all
diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to
write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith
which was once delivered unto the saints.
~ Jude 1:3
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Vast multitudes of those who profess to be a part of the bride of Christ
are hypocrites. They pretend to merge
their self-interest in Christ’s but obviously keep a separate interest. Any attempt to make them understand that
they have no separate interest will plainly show that they have no such
intention. Many “Christians,” when they made a
profession, had no more expectation of living without sin than they expected
to have wings and fly. They came into
God’s house, pledged themselves to live entirely for Him, and married Him in
this public manner. They promised to
forsake all sin, to live alone for Christ, to be satisfied with His love, and
to have no other lovers – yet the whole time they were doing it, in their
minds they expected to commit sin and dishonor Christ. Although Christ has done all that He
could do, short of absolute force, to keep His church from sinning, the
church charges her sin upon Him. They
act as if He hasn’t made adequate provisions for preserving His people
against temptation. They are horrified at the very name of
Christian perfection, as if it were dishonoring Christ to believe that He is
able to keep His people from committing sin and falling into the snare of the
devil. ~ Charles Finney Living For God, pg.344-345 |
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