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And here again, when the point of self despair is reached, and we come to see that our efforts after holiness are as vain as our efforts after acceptance with God, the door of escape opens afresh. AND HERE AGAIN WHEN THE POINT OF SELF DESPAIR IS REACHED AND WE COME TO SEE THAT OUR EFFORTS AFTER HOLINESS ARE AS VAIN AS OUR EFFORTS AFTER ACCEPTANCE WITH GOD THE DOOR OF ESCAPE OPENS AFRESH
attling against God. Yield and come to His terms. Yield now. * * * * * * * * But blessed as it is, this passage into a life of peace with Him, woe to the soul that stops there, thinking that the goal is reached, and dwindles, so to speak, into a stunted bud. Holiness, not safety, is the end of our calling. And so it comes to pass that a fresh need for deliverance is soon pressed upon him who is true to God's voice in his heart. The two lives are there together, one new-born and feeble, the other strong with an earlier growth. "The flesh lusteth against the spirit and the spirit against the flesh," and the will power is distracted between the two, like the sap that flows partly into the old condemned leaves, partly into the fresh buds. Consequently there is the strife of a kingdom divided against itself: sometimes the one life grows and flourishes, sometimes the other; sometimes they struggle on side by side, till the cry is forced out--"Oh, wretched man that I am; who shall deliver me? RROW EXCEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT YOUR BATTLING IS A BATTLING AGAINST GOD YIELD AND COME TO HIS TERMS YIELD NOW BUT BLEST AS IT IS THIS PASSAGE INTO A LIFE OF PEACE WITH HIM WOE TO THE SOUL THAT STOPS THERE THINKING THAT THE GOAL IS REACHED AND DWINDLES SO TO SPEAK INTO A STUNTED BUD HOLINESS NOT SAFETY IS THE END OF OUR CALLING AND SO IT COMES TO PASS THAT A FRESH NEED FOR DELIVERANCE IS SOON PRESSED UPON HIM WHO IS TRUE TO GOD'S VOICE IN HIS HEART THE TWO LIVES ARE THERE TOGETHER ONE NEW BORN AND FEEBLE THE OTHER STRONG WITH AN EARLIER GROWTH THE FLESH LUSTETH AGAINST THE SPIRIT AND THE SPIRIT AGAINST THE FLESH AND THE WILL POWER IS DISTRACTED BETWEEN THE TWO LIKE THE SAP THAT FLOWS PARTLY INTO THE OLD CONDEMNED LEAVES PARTLY INTO THE FRESH BUDS CONSEQUENTLY THERE IS THE STRIFE OF A KINGDOM DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF SOMETIMES THE ONE LIFE GROWS AND FLOURISHES SOMETIMES THE OTHER SOMETIMES THEY STRUGGLE ON SIDE BY SIDE TILL THE CRY IS FORCED OUT OH WRETCHED MAN THAT I AM WHO SHALL DELIVER ME
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