Data publicării
15.04.1914
Volumul
35
Numărul
8
Turnul de veghe
Who Commits the Sin Unto Death?--Part I
Revistele originale Turnul de veghe în limba engleză
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APRIL 
IS. 
1914 
THE 
WATCH 
TOWER 
To 
turn 
away 
from 
sin 
b 
but 
a 
step 
toward 
conversion. 
'I'hat 
moment 
is 
an 
anti 
typical 
going 
toward 
the 
Tabernacle. 
"Draw 
nigh 
unto 
me, 
and 
I 
will 
draw 
night 
unto 
you," 
is 
the 
]'ather's 
proposition. 
The 
Word 
of 
God 
points 
out 
to 
the 
seek­ 
er 
that 
only 
through 
Christ 
who 
gave 
himself 
as 
our 
ransom, 
can 
any 
come 
to 
the 
Father. 
He 
is 
also 
instructed 
that 
if 
he 
would 
retain 
God's 
favor 
he 
must 
become 
a 
disciple 
of 
Christ, 
by 
laying 
down 
his 
life 
in 
the 
servicE: 
1)f 
the 
Lord 
and 
the 
brethren, 
doing 
good 
unto 
all 
men 
as 
he 
has 
opportunity. 
In 
this 
way 
he 
may 
become 
a 
mem­ 
ber 
of 
Christ's 
body. 
Then, 
after 
a 
while, 
if 
faithful 
unto 
death, 
he 
will 
have 
a 
share 
in 
the 
glory 
and 
honor 
which 
the 
Father 
has 
given 
our 
Lord 
he 
will 
become 
a 
joint-heir 
with 
Jesus 
in 
the 
kingdom. 
WHAT 
CONSTITUTES 
A 
NEW 
CREATURE? 
SO 
this 
one 
Lecomes 
a 
new 
creature 
when 
he 
has 
accepted 
the 
divine 
will 
in 
this 
sacrificial 
sense; 
or, 
as 
the 
Scriptures 
present 
it, 
when 
he 
has 
made 
a 
full 
consecration 
unto 
death. 
"Gather 
my 
saints 
together 
unto 
me," 
saith 
the 
Lord, 
"those 
that 
have 
made 
a 
covenant 
with 
me 
by 
sacrifice." 
(Psalm 
flO 
:5) 
Those 
accepting 
this 
call 
to 
enter 
into 
sacrifice 
are 
re­ 
ceived 
of 
the 
Father; 
then 
they 
are 
begotten 
of 
the 
holy 
Spirit. 
Thenceforth 
they 
are 
new 
creatures: 
To 
them" 
old 
things 
are 
passed 
away, 
and 
all 
things 
are 
become 
new.' 
'-2 
Cor. 
5: 
17. 
The 
'luestion 
may 
arise: 
What 
part 
of 
the 
individual 
be­ 
eOllles 
the 
new 
creature? 
It 
is 
thl' 
will 
that 
becomes 
new. 
The 
\vill 
is 
the 
detrrmination, 
or 
decision, 
of 
the 
majority 
of 
those 
organs 
of 
the 
hrain 
whirh 
form 
the 
mentality. 
The 
will 
eonsi,]prs 
the 
matter: 
Shall 
I 
continue 
to 
sin 
'! 
No; 
I 
will 
:lban']on 
sin. 
Slwll 
T 
go 
further 
and 
make 
a 
full 
consecra­ 
tion 
of 
myself 
to 
God 
? 
Yes; 
I 
will 
make 
this 
consecration. 
When 
hp 
does 
so, 
Go(l 
aecepts 
him 
and 
begets 
him 
of 
the 
holy 
Spirit, 
thus 
making 
him 
a 
new 
creature. 
He 
makes 
up 
his 
mind-he 
determinrs 
the 
matter. 
He 
changes 
the 
direction 
of 
his 
will. 
At 
one 
time 
his 
will 
was 
inclined 
to 
sin. 
That 
was 
wrong. 
Then 
his 
will 
turned 
toward 
righteousness. 
This 
was 
right, 
so 
far 
as 
it 
went; 
but 
it 
did 
not 
make 
him 
a 
new 
creature. 
Then 
he 
C:lme 
to 
the 
place 
where 
he 
said, 
Lord, 
I 
consecrate 
my 
life 
to 
thee-myself, 
with 
all 
my 
aims, 
hopes 
and 
ambitions. 
Thrnel'forth 
hI' 
is 
counted 
as 
dean 
to 
the 
"'orld, 
and 
reckoned 
:tliH' 
ton-an] 
Go(l, 
as 
a 
spirit 
being. 
This 
new 
will, 
this 
new 
mind, 
thl'n, 
",ith 
its 
heavenly 
hoprs 
and 
aspirations, 
constitutes 
the 
Ill'W 
ereature. 
THE 
RESPONSIBILITY 
OF 
THE 
NEW 
CREATURE 
To 
lie 
hegottrn 
of 
one 
signifies 
to 
be 
a 
son 
of 
that 
father. 
'flip 
only 
begottpn 
of 
the 
heavenly 
Father-the 
only 
one 
direct­ 
ly 
so 
IWg'ottrn-was 
our 
Lord 
Jesus-Gad's 
Son. 
And 
all 
the 
ehuI'('h 
are 
also 
rrcogni~ed 
as 
heing 
sons 
of 
God; 
"and 
if 
sons, 
thrn 
heirs, 
hrirs 
of 
God 
and 
joint-heirs 
with 
Jesus 
Christ." 
'rhe 
first 
one 
of 
the 
spirit-begotten 
dass 
was 
our 
Lord 
Jesus. 
When 
the 
holy 
Spirit 
was 
given 
him 
at 
.J 
ordan, 
in 
this 
be­ 
getting 
sense, 
he 
was 
no 
longer 
counted 
of 
God 
as 
the 
Man 
.r 
esus. 
But 
he 
had 
this 
treasure 
of 
the 
new 
nature 
in 
an 
earthly 
body, 
an 
earthen 
vessel, 
until 
he 
finished 
his 
sacrifice 
at 
Calvary. 
Then, 
in 
the 
resurrection, 
God 
gave 
him 
a 
perfect 
spirit 
body 
of 
the 
divine 
nature. 
So 
it 
is 
with 
all 
of 
.J 
esus' 
disciples: 
They 
are 
invited 
to 
surrender 
themselves 
to 
God, 
consecrating 
their 
earthly 
interests 
to 
become 
followers 
of 
the 
Master. 
Jesus 
states 
the 
conditions: 
First, 
faith 
in 
him 
as 
the 
Messiah, 
the 
Redeemer; 
and 
second, 
denial 
of 
self 
and 
the 
taking 
up 
of 
the 
cross 
and 
following 
him. 
These 
new 
creatures 
are 
all 
sons 
of 
God, 
though 
the 
world 
does 
not 
understand 
that 
they 
are 
in 
any 
way 
different 
from 
others 
in 
their 
relationship 
to 
God. 
"The 
world 
knoweth 
us 
not, 
be­ 
cause 
it 
knew 
him 
[the 
Master] 
not." 
(1 
John 
3:1) 
This 
new 
mind 
must 
increase. 
This 
new 
creature 
must 
grow 
in 
knolVledge 
and 
capacity. 
All 
of 
this 
makes 
the 
individual 
now 
very 
different 
from 
what 
he 
was 
as 
the 
old 
creature. 
If 
by 
nature 
he 
was 
depraved, 
and 
had 
violent 
passions 
prevailing 
in 
his 
flesh, 
he 
will 
now, 
having 
a 
better 
mind, 
be 
guided 
in 
the 
way 
of 
the 
Lord, 
and 
gradually 
become 
a 
copy 
of 
God's 
drar 
Son. 
This 
copy 
is 
primarily 
a 
heart-copy, 
though 
the 
change 
by 
degrees 
affects 
his 
life, 
bringing 
his 
body 
more 
and 
more 
into 
conformity 
to 
the 
new 
mind. 
THE 
NEW 
CREATURE 
ON 
TRIAL 
Since 
this 
new 
mind, 
the 
new 
will, 
the 
spirit-begotten 
new 
creature, 
has 
its 
present 
residence 
in 
the 
old 
body, 
and 
since 
this 
body, 
the 
new 
creature's 
only 
instrument 
of 
operation, 
has 
still 
its 
old 
tendencies 
toward 
sin-its 
weaknesses, 
its 
depravi­ 
ties-therefore 
thpre 
is 
a 
continual 
struggle 
between 
the 
new 
creature 
and 
the 
old. 
It 
is 
a 
daily 
warfare, 
and 
either 
one 
or 
the 
other 
must 
perish. 
If 
the 
new 
creature 
be 
not 
alert, 
thoroughly 
active, 
thoroughly 
loyal 
to 
God, 
the 
weaknesses 
of 
the 
flesh 
will 
gradually 
as~~ert 
themselves, 
and 
the 
new 
creature 
will 
be 
in 
danger 
of 
death. 
If, 
on 
the 
contrary, 
the 
new 
creature 
remain 
loyal 
to 
God, 
the 
old 
creature 
will 
perish. 
The 
one 
or 
the 
other 
must 
die 
before 
the 
conflict 
is 
over. 
It 
is 
a 
fight 
to 
the 
finish. 
And 
this 
conflict 
is 
a 
test 
of 
the 
new 
creature-not 
of 
the 
old 
creature. 
The 
new 
creature 
has 
been 
called 
to 
glory, 
honor 
and 
immortal­ 
ity. 
In 
order 
to 
attain 
this 
state, 
it 
must 
prove 
unquestion­ 
ably 
its 
loyalty 
to 
God. 
In 
proportion 
as 
the 
new 
mind 
con­ 
trols, 
and 
we 
love 
righteousness 
and 
hate 
iniquity, 
in 
that 
same 
proportion 
shall 
we 
have 
strength 
in 
battling 
with 
the 
forces 
outside, 
with 
the 
conditions 
of 
the 
present 
time; 
and 
the 
great­ 
er 
success 
shall 
we 
have 
in 
battling 
with 
our 
own 
flesh. 
In 
this 
warfare 
there 
may 
be 
sometimes 
more 
and 
some­ 
times 
less 
success. 
But 
not 
until 
the 
victory 
is 
won 
will 
the 
Lord 
grant 
the 
reward. 
"'1.'0 
him 
that 
overcometh 
will 
I 
grant 
to 
sit 
with 
me 
in 
my 
throne." 
The 
thing 
to 
be 
demon­ 
strated 
is 
loyalty 
to 
God, 
loyalty 
to 
the 
principles 
of 
righteous­ 
ness, 
and 
to 
our 
covenant. 
Those 
who 
are 
most 
loyal 
and 
most 
devoted 
to 
God 
will 
come 
off 
"more 
than 
conquerors" 
and 
will 
gain 
the 
highest 
reward, 
will 
sit 
with 
.J 
esus 
in 
his 
throne. 
Some 
will 
come 
off 
overcomers, 
but 
not 
on 
so 
high 
a 
plane, 
needing 
the 
special 
tribulations 
to 
assist 
them. 
But 
even 
though 
they 
fail 
to 
come 
to 
the 
highest 
standard, 
they 
will, 
nevertheless, 
come 
off 
overcomrrs; 
else 
they 
would 
never 
get 
any 
share 
in 
the 
heavenly 
reward, 
nor 
life 
at 
all. 
These 
will 
form 
the 
great 
company, 
who 
come 
up 
out 
of 
the 
great 
tribula­ 
tion 
and 
wash 
their 
robes 
and 
make 
them 
white 
in 
the 
blood 
of 
the 
Lamb. 
(Revelation 
7: 
14) 
Thry 
will 
be 
grratly 
favored 
in 
that 
they 
will 
be 
the 
honored 
servants 
of 
the 
glorified 
brido 
class, 
who 
are 
to 
constitute 
the" 
more 
than 
conquerors." 
FALLING 
INTO 
TEMPT.<\TION 
NOT 
SIN 
During 
this 
time 
of 
battling 
between 
the 
new 
creature 
and 
the 
imperfections 
of 
the 
body 
in 
,,'hich 
the 
new 
creature 
resides, 
the 
new 
mind 
should 
be 
developing 
and 
growing 
gradually 
stronger. 
The 
will 
of 
the 
hody 
was 
reckoned 
entirely 
dead 
be­ 
fore 
the 
individual 
could 
be 
counted 
a 
new 
creature. 
But 
the 
body 
has 
the 
old 
brain, 
which 
has 
the 
same 
tendencies 
as 
form­ 
erly. 
The 
work 
of 
the 
new 
mind 
is 
to 
bring 
this 
body 
into 
full 
subjection 
to 
the 
will 
of 
Christ. 
The 
child 
of 
God 
may, 
how­ 
ever, 
be 
attracted 
by 
business 
or 
pleasure, 
which 
may 
lead 
him 
as 
a 
new 
creature 
into 
more 
or 
less 
of 
stupor. 
In 
such 
stupid 
condition 
of 
the 
new 
creature, 
the 
flesh, 
wide 
awake, 
might 
get 
the 
advantage, 
not 
because 
the 
child 
of 
God 
bas 
wilfully 
sinned, 
or 
because 
he 
bas 
been 
intentionally 
negligent, 
but 
because 
he 
has 
yielded 
more 
or 
less 
to 
temptation. 
But 
it 
is 
one 
thing 
to 
yield 
thus 
under 
temptation, 
and 
another 
thing 
to 
go 
de­ 
liberately 
into 
sin. 
Whoever 
sins 
wilfully 
is 
counten 
a 
child 
of 
Satan, 
because 
he 
has 
Satan's 
spirit 
instead 
of 
God's 
spirit. 
If 
any 
of 
those 
who 
were 
once 
begotten 
of 
God 
should 
get 
into 
that 
attitude 
where 
they 
would 
wilfully 
desire 
to 
commit 
sin, 
it 
would 
indicate 
that 
they 
had 
ceased 
to 
be 
sons 
of 
God 
and 
had 
become 
sons 
of 
Belial. 
It 
would 
signify 
that 
the 
spark 
of 
the 
new 
life 
to 
which 
they 
had 
been 
begotten 
had 
be­ 
come 
extinguished. 
"He 
that 
is 
begotten 
of 
God 
- 
sinneth 
not." 
If 
he 
sin-deliberately, 
wilfully-he 
ceases 
that 
moment 
to 
bo 
a 
son 
of 
God. 
Sons 
of 
God 
do 
not 
love 
sin. 
Anyone, 
there­ 
fore, 
who 
would 
thus 
intentionally 
go 
into 
sin 
would 
give 
evi­ 
dence 
that 
his 
new 
mind 
had 
entirely 
passed 
away, 
and 
that 
he 
had 
become 
dead 
to 
God, 
even 
as 
previously 
in 
consecration 
he 
had 
become 
dead 
to 
the 
flesh. 
We 
believe 
that 
not 
very 
many 
have 
ever 
taken 
this 
step 
of 
bold 
opposition 
to 
God, 
wilfully 
and 
intelligently; 
and 
we 
hope 
that 
there 
'Will 
not 
be 
a 
great 
many 
to 
go 
into 
the 
second 
death. 
However, 
it 
is 
for 
God's 
people 
to 
keep 
as 
far 
away 
as 
possible 
from 
this 
disastrous 
condition. 
This 
condition 
is 
reached 
by 
a 
gradual 
process, 
step 
by 
step. 
When 
we 
come 
to 
God 
we 
first 
repudiate 
sin. 
Later 
we 
come 
to 
the 
point 
of 
presenting 
our 
bodies 
living 
sacrifices, 
and 
are 
accepted. 
So, 
contrariwise, 
those 
who 
repudiate 
righteousness 
usually 
go 
back 
gradually. 
Step 
by 
step 
of 
indulgence 
in 
sin 
gradually 
leads 
away 
from 
God, 
until 
the 
new 
creature 
ceases 
to 
exist. 
NEW 
CREATURE 
HANDICAPPED 
BY 
FLESH 
When 
the 
Apostle 
John, 
in 
our 
text, 
says 
that 
those 
who 
are 
hegotten 
of 
God 
sin 
not, 
he 
means 
that 
the 
sin 
is 
not 
wilful. 
Is 
there, 
then, 
any 
othrr 
way 
to 
sin 
than 
to 
sin 
wilfully' 
We 
answer, 
Yes. 
It 
is 
wilful 
sin 
that 
is 
unto 
death. 
The 
Scrip­ 
tures 
tell 
us 
that" 
all 
have 
come 
short 
of 
the 
glory 
of 
God' 
,­ 
there 
is 
none 
perfect, 
"none 
righteous, 
no, 
not 
one." 
The 
righteousness 
whieh 
is 
imputed 
to 
the 
members 
of 
the 
church, 
is 
imputed 
to 
their 
flesh. 
The 
new 
creature 
itself 
is 
perfect. 
But 
as 
a 
new 
creature 
the 
disciple 
of 
Christ 
desires 
to 
put 
off 
from 
its 
flesh 
all 
the 
former 
things 
of 
sin 
and 
death 
and 
to 
be 
fu]]y 
conformed 
to 
the 
image 
and 
likeness 
of 
God. 
Yet 
he 
is 
more 
or 
less 
handicapped, 
not 
only 
by 
the 
imperfections 
of 
his 
own 
fleshly 
body, 
but 
also 
by 
the 
imperfections 
of 
others. 
He 
has 
to 
contend 
with 
the 
evil 
tendenClies 
in 
his 
fallen 
nature, 
and 
also 
with 
those 
around 
him. 
[G439] 
APRIL 15, 1914 To turn away from sin is but a step toward conversion. That moment is an antitypical going toward the Tabernacle. ‘Draw nigh unto me, and I will draw night unto you,’’ is the Father’s proposition. The Word of God points out to the seeker that only through Christ who gave himself as our ransom, can any come to the Father. He is also instructed that if he would retain God’s favor he must become a disciple of Christ, by laying down his life in the service of the Lord and the brethren, doing good unto all men as he has opportunity. In this way he may become a member of Christ’s body. Then, after a while, if faithful unto death, he will have a share in the glory and honor which the Father has given our Lord he will become a joint-heir with Jesus in the kingdom. WHAT CONSTITUTES A NEW CREATURE? So this one lhecomes a new creature when he has accepted the divine will in this sacrificial sense; or, as the Scriptures present it, when he has made a full consecration unto death. ‘Gather my saints together unto me,’’ saith the Lord, ‘‘those that have made a covenant with me by saecrifice.’’ (Psalm 50:5) Those accepting this call to enter into sacrifice are received of the Father; then they are begotten of the holy Spirit. Thenceforth they are new creatures: To them ‘‘old things are passed away, and all things are become new.’’—2 Cor. 5:17. The question may arise: What part of the individual becomes the new creature? It is the will that becomes new. The will is the determination, or decision, of the majority of those organs of the brain which form the mentality. The will considers the matter: Shall I continue to sin? No; I will abandon sin. Shall I go further and make a full consecration of myself to God? Yes; I will make this consecration. When he does so, God accepts him and begets him of the holy Spirit, thus making him a new creature. He makes up his mind—he determines the matter. He changes the direction of his will. At one time his will was inclined to sin. That was wrong. Then his will turned toward righteousness, This was right, so far as it went; but it did not make him a new creature. Then he came to the place where he said, Lord, I consecrate my life to thee-—-myself, with all my aims, hopes and ambitions. Theneeforth he is counted as dead to the world, and reckoned alive toward God, as a spirit being. This new will, this new mind, then, with its heavenly hopes and aspirations, constitutes the new creature. THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE NEW CREATURE To he begotten of one signifies to be a son of that father. The only begotten of the heavenly Father-—the only one directly so begotten—was our Lord Jesus—God’s Son. And all the church are also recognized as being sons of God; ‘‘and if sons, then heirs, heirs of God and joint-heirs with Jesus Christ.’’ The first one of the spirit-begotten class was our Lord Jesus. When the holy Spirit was given him at Jordan, in this begetting sense, he was no longer counted of God as the Man Jesus. But he had this treasure of the new nature in an earthly body, an earthen vessel, until he finished his sacrifice at Calvary. Then, in the resurrection, God gave him a perfect spirit body of the divine nature. So it is with all of Jesus’ disciples: They are invited to surrender themselves to God, consecrating their earthly interests to become followers of the Master. Jesus states the conditions: First, faith in him as the Messiah, the Redeemer; and second, denial of self and the taking up of the cross and following him. These new creatures are all sons of God, though the world does not understand that they are in any way different from others in their relationship to God. ‘‘The world knoweth us not, because it knew him [the Master] not.’’ (1 John 3:1) This new mind must increase. This new creature must grow in knowledge and capacity. All of this makes the individual now very different from what he was as the old creature. If by nature he was depraved, and had violent passions prevailing in his flesh, he will now, having a better mind, be guided in the way of the Lord, and gradually become a copy of God’s dear Son. This copy is primarily a heart-copy, though the change by degrees affects his life, bringing his body more and more into conformity to the new mind, THE NEW CREATURE ON TRIAL Since this new mind, the new will, the spirit-begotten new ereature, has its present residence in the old body, and since this body, the new ereature’s only instrument of operation, has still its old tendencies toward sin-—its weaknesses, its depravities—_therefore there is a continual struggle between the new creature and the old. It is a daily warfare, and either one or the other must perish. If the new creature be not alert, thoroughly active, thoroughly loyal to God, the weaknesses of the flesh will gradually assert themselves, and the new creature will be in danger of death, THE WATCH TOWER (116-117) If, on the contrary, the new creature remain loyal to God, the old creature will perish. The one or the other must die before the conflict is over. It is a fight to the finish And this conflict is a test of the new creature—not of the old creature. The new creature has been called to glory, honor and immortality. In order to attain this state, it must prove unquestionably its loyalty to God. In proportion as the new mind controls, and we love righteousness and hate iniquity, in that same proportion shall we have strength in battling with the forces outside, with the conditions of the present time; and the greater success shall we have in battling with our own flesh. In this warfare there may be sometimes more and sometimes less suecess. But not until the victory is won will the Lord grant the reward. ‘‘To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne.’’ The thing to be demonstrated is loyalty to God, loyalty to the prineiples of righteousness, and to our covenant. Those who are most loyal and most devoted to God will come off ‘‘more than conquerors’’ and will gain the highest reward, will sit with Jesus in his throne. Some will come off overcomers, but not on so high a plane, needing the special tribulations to assist them. But even though they fail to come to the highest standard, they will, nevertheless, come off overeomers; clse they would never get any share in the heavenly reward, nor life at all. These will form the great company, who come up out of the great tribulation and wash their robes and make them white in the blood of the Lamb. (Revelation 7:14) They will be greatly favored in that they will be the honored servants of the glorified bride class, who are to constitute the ‘‘more than conquerors.’’ FALLING INTO TEMPTATION NOT SIN During this time of battling between the new creature and the imperfections of the body in which the new creature resides, the new mind should be developing and growing gradually stronger. The will of the body was reckoned entirely dead before the individual could be counted a new creature. But the body has the old brain, which has the same tendencies as formerly. The work of the new mind is to bring this body into full subjection to the will of Christ. The child of God may, however, be attracted by business or pleasure, which may lead him as a new creature into more or less of stupor. In such stupid condition of the new creature, the flesh, wide awake, might get the advantage, not because the child of God has wilfully sinned, or because he has been intentionally negligent, but because he has yielded more or less to temptation. But it is one thing to yield thus under temptation, and another thing to go deliberatcly into sin, Whoever sins wilfully is counted a child of Satan, because he has Satan’s spirit instead of God’s spirit. If any of those who were once begotten of God should get into that attitude where they would wilfully desire to commit sin, it would indicate that they had ceased to be sons of God and had become sons of Belial. It would signify that the spark of the new life to which they had been hegotten had become extinguished. ‘‘He that is begotten of God sinneth not.’’ If he sin—deliberately, wilfully—he ceases that moment to be a son of God. Sons of God do not love sin. Any one, therefore, who would thus intentionally go into sin would give evidence that his new mind had entirely passed away, and that he had become dead to God, even as previously in consecration he had become dead to the flesh. We believe that not very many have ever taken this step of bold opposition to God, wilfully and intelligently; and we hope that there will not be a great many to go into the second death. However, it is for God’s people to keep as far away as possible from this disastrous condition. This condition is reached by a gradual process, step by step. When we come to God we first repudiate sin. Later we come to the point of presenting our bodies living sacrifices, and are accepted. So, contrariwise, those who repudiate righteousness usually go back gradually. Step by step of indulgence in sin gradually leads away from God, until the new creature ceases to exist. NEW CREATURE HANDICAPPED BY FLESH When the Apostle John, in our text, says that those who are hegotten of God sin not, he means that the sin is not wilful. Is there, then, any other way to sin than to sin wilfully? We answer, Yes. It is wilful sin that is unto death. The Seriptures tell us that ‘‘all have come short of the glory of God’’— there is none perfect, ‘‘none righteous, no, not one.’’ The righteousness which is imputed to the members of the church, is imputed to their flesh. The new creature itself is perfect. But as a new creature the disciple of Christ desires to put off from its flesh all the former things of sin and death and to be fully conformed to the image and likeness of God. Yet he is more or less handicapped, not only by the imperfections of his own fleshly body, but also by the imperfections of others. He has to contend with the evil tendencies in his fallen nature, and also with those around him. [5439]

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