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The wisdom of the fathers
IMPLICIT OBEDIENCE TO THE VOICE OF GOD
The conditions on which God's keeping depends - continued
8. Implicit obedience to every voice of God and every conviction of duty is essential to a blameless life.
One moment's hesitation to obey, one act of wilful disobedience, will plunge us into darkness, and withdraw His conscious presence from the heart, and leave the soul disarmed and exposed to temptation and sin.
They that have become wholly sanctified have given up the right of self-will and disobedience forever, and it is not to be thought of even for a moment that we should hesitate to say “yes” to His every voice.
True, we may not know His voice at all times, but in such cases He will always give us time. But when we are convicted of His will and convinced of His way for us, there is no alternative but obedience or a fearful fall and a complete loss of the divine communion.
9. If we desired to be preserved blameless we must preserve ceaseless communion with God, and abide in the spirit of prayer and fellowship through the Holy Spirit, for thus alone will we be led out into all the steppings of His will and kept blameless and fully obedient.
The interruption of our communion for an hour might lose a step, and that lost step might lead us from the pathway of His perfect will and the fellowship of His presence for days to come, or, at least, leave us a step behind, and therefore not blameless.
10. Further, if we desire to be kept, we must maintain a quiet spirit, free from the turmoil and agitation of anxious care and inward strife, and still enough to always hear His voice.
“The peace of God will garrison your hearts and minds through Jesus Christ.”
This is the soul's defense if we desired to be preserved blameless; therefore let the peace of God rule in your hearts, and regard with apprehension and alarm even a moment's interruption of your quietness and inward rest. (from "Wholly Sanctified" by A. B. Simpson)
IMPLICIT OBEDIENCE TO THE VOICE OF GOD
The conditions on which God's keeping depends - continued
8. Implicit obedience to every voice of God and every conviction of duty is essential to a blameless life.
One moment's hesitation to obey, one act of wilful disobedience, will plunge us into darkness, and withdraw His conscious presence from the heart, and leave the soul disarmed and exposed to temptation and sin.
They that have become wholly sanctified have given up the right of self-will and disobedience forever, and it is not to be thought of even for a moment that we should hesitate to say “yes” to His every voice.
True, we may not know His voice at all times, but in such cases He will always give us time. But when we are convicted of His will and convinced of His way for us, there is no alternative but obedience or a fearful fall and a complete loss of the divine communion.
9. If we desired to be preserved blameless we must preserve ceaseless communion with God, and abide in the spirit of prayer and fellowship through the Holy Spirit, for thus alone will we be led out into all the steppings of His will and kept blameless and fully obedient.
The interruption of our communion for an hour might lose a step, and that lost step might lead us from the pathway of His perfect will and the fellowship of His presence for days to come, or, at least, leave us a step behind, and therefore not blameless.
10. Further, if we desire to be kept, we must maintain a quiet spirit, free from the turmoil and agitation of anxious care and inward strife, and still enough to always hear His voice.
“The peace of God will garrison your hearts and minds through Jesus Christ.”
This is the soul's defense if we desired to be preserved blameless; therefore let the peace of God rule in your hearts, and regard with apprehension and alarm even a moment's interruption of your quietness and inward rest. (from "Wholly Sanctified" by A. B. Simpson)
NYyankeedeb
thanks for sharing....
Beryl367
I like the visual about a garrison of soldiers guarding our hearts and minds that is evoked by: “The peace of God will garrison your hearts and minds through Jesus Christ.”
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