Holiness Is Nothing Less Than Conformity To

God Is Never At A Loss Because He Cannot Find Someone To Cooperate With Him In Carrying Out His Plan. He So Moves In The Hearts Of People - Either Christians Or Non Christians, It Makes No Difference - That They Willingly, Of Their Own Free Will Carry Out His Plans.

The Cure For Impatience With The Fulfillment Of God's Timetable Is To Believe His Promises, Obey His Will, And Leave The Results To Him. So Often When God's Timetable Stretches Into Years We Become Discouraged And...want To Give Up Or Try To Work Something Out On Our Own.

Modern Christians, Especially Those In The Western World, Have Generally Been Found Wanting In The Area Of Holiness Of Body. Gluttony And Laziness, For Example, Were Regarded By Earlier Christians As Sin. Today We May Look On These As Weaknesses Of The Will But Certainly Not Sin. We Even Joke About Our Overeating And Other Indulgences Instead Of Crying Out To God In Confession And Repentance.

We Don't Have To Start All Over Again And Try To Keep The Slate Clean. There Is No More Slate.

We Take What We Think Are The Tools Of Spiritual Transformation Into Our Own Hands And Try To Sculpt Ourselves Into Robust Christlike Specimens. But Spiritual Transformation Is Primarily The Work Of The Holy Spirit. He Is The Master Sculptor