A Presentation of Perfection - Media Sabda Org

For years Roberts had attended meetings, when one day an evangelist petitioned the
Lord to bend his congregation. Here are Roberts' own words: "The Spirit seemed to
say to me, 'This is what you need, to be bent'... I prayed that God would bend me..
Suddenly the glory broke.. .After I was bent, a wave of peace came over me, and the
audience begun [sic] to sing. Henceforth the burden of souls became the burden of
my heart. From that time I was on fire with a desire to go through Wales and, if
possible, I was willing to pay God for the privilege of going. [53]
In August of 1956 Peterson wrote an article called "True Holiness." He pointed out that the
doctrine of holiness has always had both its friends and enemies. He commented,
It is unfortunate but true that many enemies have been negative to this sacred theme
and glorious experience because of two factors in particular -- misinterpretation and
misrepresentation. If the devil cannot get a person to completely backslide, he will
try to get him to believing in and practicing a "false" holiness, and thus keep him
from enjoying an experience of true holiness. [54]
The author believed there were at least seven characteristics of true holiness. Someone that has
experienced true holiness would have inward righteousness, outward uprightness, a temper that has
been tempered, firmness of purpose, due regard for the Holy Spirit, tenderness of spirit, and a
charitable attitude with their fellowmen.
This is how the writing was summed up:
As one studies the Bible he is made to realize that holiness means much more than
to stop using tobacco, stop going to worldly places of amusements, stop following
the fashion parade, stop swearing, stop desecrating God's holy day, etc. While it will
cover all such things, yet the grace of holiness penetrates deeper, and invades the
realm of our affections, our ambitions, our motives, our dispositions, etc. These will
often be reflected in our temperament and seen in our eyes, heard in our voice, and
even felt in a handshake. [55]
The third article for our consideration was an interesting piece called "Holiness Is Not an
Appendage." Mrs. Erb was worried that too many times the holiness message is neglected in the
ministry and in the churches. She observed that the devil hated holiness and he would do everything
in his power to see the message squelched. Here was her advice to all of the holiness preachers:
It requires a high state of grace and spiritual life and power for a minister to preach
holiness definitely and persistently; and any preacher who is concerned about his
spiritual status needs only to take note of how much he preaches holiness as a
definite, second work of grace. If he presents it only once or twice a year, he had
better suspect backsliding and lukewarmness, and in real repentance get back to God;
then consecrate, and get sanctified, filled with the Holy Ghost. [56]