A Presentation of Perfection - Media Sabda Org

Secondly, Chambers reminded the reader that the way to holiness is a simple way. He thought that
people try to make the way to God in His fullness too difficult. He wrote,
The way of God is so simple that a wayfaring man or a fool cannot err therein; and
it is perfectly certain that until a man becomes a fool in his own eyes, he will never
find God's way. [12]
A follow-up article was written by Chambers entitled, "The Greatest Thing in the World." The
main focal point of this writing was that holiness is the ultimate reason of why God provided
atonement for humanity. In essence he said that being justified is not enough. The blood of Christ
does not only provide forgiveness of sins, but also a holy heart.
Chambers really does not give Christians an option. He really believed that without holiness no
one shall see the Lord. He declared:
To confine justification and holiness by making them either the same thing with
different names, or by entirely separating them and making one the act of the grace
of God, and the other the process of man's obedience, is to fall into thoroughly
unchristian errors. Justification is the means to holiness, and to stop at one without
the other is to annul both. Our Lord's work produces the greatest fact on earth -- a
saint; i.e., a holy man or woman. [13]
In 1908 Chambers wrote two more lengthy articles about holiness for the God's Revivalist. One
was called "Entire Sanctification" and the other was titled "Have You Been Unselfed?"
In "Entire Sanctification" Chambers made some fascinating statements. In the first place the
author evidently thought that most Christians never reach the state of entire sanctification. He
insinuated this when he said,
Three times I have said already, and I am going to say it again. If five people -- not
one more than that number, -- get right straight through to entire sanctification,
blessed be God, who could measure the possibilities? [14]
Along with this he felt that if someone really did get sanctified it was nearly impossible for them to
backslide. It could happen, but not very frequently.
Secondly, Chambers did not have much patience with those who were always struggling with
temptation. He contended that those who were sanctified did not have to battle with being tempted.
He commented:
We make our own destinies. We make our own callings. Men and women have no
right to be continually battling with temptations. They should go higher, go deeper
into God. You are to blame for the thing that is tempting or tormenting you. Go
higher, or deeper. Get where God wants you to be. [15]