High Spiritual State Attainable

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   Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for July 28
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High Spiritual State Attainable

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you 
faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy. Jude 24. 


Christ was obedient to every requirement of the law. . . . 

By His perfect obedience He has made it possible for every human being to obey 
God's commandments. When we submit ourselves to Christ, the heart is united 
with His heart, the will is merged in His will, the mind becomes one with His 
mind, the thoughts are brought into captivity to Him; we live His life. This 
is what it means to be clothed with the garment of His righteousness. Then as 
the Lord looks upon us He sees, not the fig-leaf garment, not the nakedness 
and deformity of sin, but His own robe of righteousness, which is perfect 
obedience to the law of Jehovah. 

Through the plan of redemption, God has provided means for subduing every 
sinful trait, and resisting every temptation, however strong. 

The strongest temptation is no excuse for sin. However great the pressure 
brought to bear upon the soul, transgression is our own act. It is not in the 
power of earth or hell to compel any one to sin. The will must consent, the 
heart must yield, or passion cannot overbear reason, nor iniquity triumph over 
righteousness. 

If you will stand under the bloodstained banner of Prince Emmanuel, faithfully 
doing His service, you need never yield to temptation; for One stands by your 
side who is able to keep you from falling. 

We need not retain one sinful propensity. . . . [Eph. 2:1-6 quoted.] . . . 

As we partake of the divine nature, hereditary and cultivated tendencies to 
wrong are cut away from the character, and we are made a living power for 
good. Ever learning of the divine Teacher, daily partaking of His nature, we 
cooperate with God in overcoming Satan's temptations. God works, and man 
works, that man may be one with Christ as Christ is one with God. Then we sit 
together with Christ in heavenly places. The mind rests with peace and 
assurance in Jesus. 


>From Maranatha - Page 226