October 18

Practical Sanctification

“Fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.”
— Phil. 1:11

“If you are tempted, tried, look straight to Him; little by little you will become accustomed to believe in His goodness, though it be necessary to recur to it constantly: but the eye directed to Him makes Him known to the heart. Looking to Him who delivers us from ourselves is what excludes the thought of self, and sanctifies us … in a practical way.”

“In general those who say much about … being dead to nature do so because they are not. … In the epistle of Romans … we get "dead to sin" … "dead to the law" … it is also said, "if Christ be in you the body is dead because of sin." But dead to nature is, in all that we are said to be dead to, quite unknown to scripture in word or thought.”