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  HOLINESS IS A LIFE OF USEFULNESS
  by G. Campbell Morgan
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Summary: G. Campbell Morgan emphasizes that holiness is essential for
believers to be useful vessels in God's service, requiring trust and
obedience amidst suffering.

Topics: "Trust in God", "Holiness"
Scripture References: Exodus 33:13, Psalm 25:14, Isaiah 52:11, Jeremiah 18:6, Matthew 5:8, Romans 12:1-2, 2 Corinthians 6:17, 2 Timothy 2:21, Hebrews 11:6, 1 Peter 2:9

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G. Campbell Morgan emphasizes that God's unchanging purpose is fulfilled
through His people, which is made possible by holiness of character. He
stresses that only cleansed vessels can be used by God, urging believers
to separate themselves from unclean things to become instruments of His
will. Trust in God is paramount, as our confidence in Him reflects His
confidence in us, and true trust manifests in a life of obedience.
Morgan highlights that those who have received God's secrets are often
those who have suffered for their faith, and through their trials, they
contribute to the advancement of God's Kingdom. Ultimately, a life of
holiness and usefulness is marked by a deep trust in God and a
willingness to be shaped by Him.

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The unalterable and unchanging purpose of God is the accomplishment of
His purposes through His people. That is rendered possible through
holiness of character. Cleansed vessels are the vessels that Jehovah
makes use of. "Be ye clean ye that bear the vessels of the Lord," was
the word of the Hebrew prophet. "Come ye out from among them, and be ye
separate, saith the Lord, And touch no unclean thing," is the word of
the Christian apostle. It is through holiness of character that I become
a vessel ready to the hand of God for the accomplishment of His will.

Surrendered instruments are those which He employs. Not only is it true
that clay cannot say to the potter, What formest thou? It is true that
the instrument through which he will form and fashion the clay must be
plastic in his hand even as the clay is. Believing souls He trusts. The
measure of my confidence in Him is the measure of His confidence in me.
Let me put that in this form. Are you a man that God can trust? You are
if you are a man who can trust God. Trust, again let me remind you, is
not merely singing the song that declares your confidence, but it is the
life of obedience that relies on God.

"He made known His ways unto Moses," gave him the program of events;
"His acts unto the children of Israel"; they had to wait and walk step
by step. "The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him." Has God
ever told you a secret, something in your inner life that has become a
flaming, fiery passion? You spoke of it and the world crucified you for
doing it. The men to whom God has whispered His secrets of ultimate
purpose and present plan are men absolutely at His disposal, and they
have had to suffer in the world, but by their suffering the Kingdom is
coming. If I want to find a highway along which God is moving toward
ultimate victory I shall follow the tracks where I discover the blood of
martyrs. He can tell me His secret only as I trust Him wholly.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/g-campbell-morgan/holiness-is-a-life-of-usefulness/
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