Key Verse: "If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him."
- 1 John 2:29 KJV
Negative holiness- the abstaining from outward sins- does
not always describe a regenerate soul; associated with this there must be
the positive evidence- "Every one that does righteousness is born of him."
Where there is life, there is action, motion, energy.
The life of a regenerate man is a life of the highest activity. The principles that influence him are divine and heavenly; their tendency is to holy action. The more we resemble Christ "in righteousness and true holiness," the stronger the evidence to ourselves and to others that we are born again.
We possess,
professedly, and, if not self-deceived, actually, the life of Christ. That
life is holy in its tendency and vigorous in its acting. The renewed soul
longs for holiness. He pants for divine conformity. He rests not in the mere
longing; he arises and labors for the blessing; he "works out his salvation
with fear and trembling." He prayerfully and diligently uses the means the
Lord of sanctification has given him for the attainment of holiness; he is
active in his pursuit of the blessing.
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