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Joshua, "Now therefore arise, go over this Jordan" (Joshua 1:2).
Do you need your faith strengthened in this particular doctrine? Let it
then meditate and grow upon these promises and words of God:
"Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own
blood, suffered without the gate" (Hebrews 13:12).
"Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth" (John 17:17).
"And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your
whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ" (1 Thessalonians 5:23).

"Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and
gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the
washing of water by the word, that he might present it to himself a
glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that
it should be holy and without blemish" (Ephesians 5:25-27).
"Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse
ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness
in the fear of God" (2 Corinthians 7:1).
After you have meditated on each of these texts for ten or fifteen
minutes, consider these further promises concerning the giving of the
Holy Ghost:
"And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter,
that he may abide with you forever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the
world can not receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him:
but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you" (John
14:16, 17).
"But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will
send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to
your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you" (John 14:26).
"That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through
Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through
faith" (Galatians 3:14).
"And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them
the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; and put no difference between
us and them, purifying their hearts by faith" (Acts 15:8, 9).
This great experience which Peter speaks of came to the disciples on
Pentecost, when the Holy Ghost filled the whole company, and it
changed a band of common men into the most powerful gospel band
the world has ever seen.
Nothing feeds the soul as does the Word of the Lord. Meditate on the

texts given, drink in the full meaning, comprehend what all of grace
and love and spiritual power they hold for you; yea, consider at what a
cost these blessings were purchased for you by the blood of the Lord
Jesus Christ!
That you may see what your duty is in the matter, permit reference to
these things:
On the cross of Calvary Jesus gave all, all for you and your salvation.
There He cried, "It is finished." There He paid the last debt of all of us.
There He proved His love, perfect, fadeless, unfathomable, boundless.
Go to the foot of that cross! See the Savior hanging there! Every
motive that can move a soul finds its fountain there. Can you, in the
shadow of the cross, be anything less than a full Bible Christian? Can
you do less than give all to Him? Does not any selfish feeling or
thought of holding back the full surrender seem sinful, utterly
displeasing to your soul and to God?
Your duty, then, is clear. From henceforth you can not be less than all
for Christ, you can not do less than go all the way for Him. Being a
faithful Christian, you can not do less than your duty, once duty is
clear.
Since conviction is a matter of knowledge, consider this: Christ's work
hobbles along because there are so few whole-hearted, wholly
consecrated souls to work for Him, whereas Jesus expects all to be
whole-hearted in their service to Him.
Will you think also of the sin there is in the world, gnawing ugly
wounds in the hearts and marring the lives of millions, and yet Jesus
died to save every mother's child of them.
What is Jesus going to do if there are not a greater number of
volunteers to carry on His work? For every sanctified soul is all the
Lord's, ready for anything.
After Jesus died on the cross, He ascended to heaven. One day the

angel Gabriel met Jesus and said: "Master, did you not suffer great pain
on the cross?"
"Yes," answered Jesus simply and quietly.
"And, Master, that suffering was to redeem men to God, was it not?"
"Yes," answered Jesus.
"Well, how many know of your death and your suffering to redeem
men? How will the