A Presentation of Perfection - Media Sabda Org

This writing dealt mostly with modesty in attire and adornment. He said every Christian should
be concerned about at least three things when they purchase clothing. The three items were the cut
(low neck, etc.), color, and cost. Here was the main challenge that Sankey gave his readers:
In view of the constantly changing norms of the pagan society where we live, I would
like to issue a call to Bible-believing Christians everywhere to determine to resist the
trend toward immodesty and indecency and refuse to yield to the glandishments of
satanic-inspired fashions which disgrace men and women alike. [82]
In August an article by Nicholson was published called "Full Salvation Involves Two Works of
Grace." He pointed out two important things in the writing.
First, that other denominations besides the holiness groups teach that sin still exists after the
justified experience. He said, "All evangelical denominations teach, or acknowledge, that sin remains
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in the converted." He made reference specifically to the Protestant Episcopal, Baptist, and
Presbyterian churches that all teach sin exists in a twofold nature. Of course, all of these
denominations would not agree about how the sin in the converted life is dealt with redemptively.
A second significant point Nicholson made was that scripture strongly supports entire
sanctification as a definite work of grace, subsequent to the saved experience. For Biblical support
he made reference to the disciples of Christ, Samaritans, Apostle Paul, house of Cornelius,
Corinthians, and Thessalonians.
A piece called "Holy Living" by James Robertson, an instructor at God's Bible School, was
printed in October. The writer challenged the readers to remember that holiness is from the inside
out, not the outside in. The Holy Spirit energizes people to live holy.
This was how he said it:
But men have always sought to offer God a substitute for inner moral rectitude.
Some have tried to equate a meticulous regard for externals with the life of
righteousness. Keep the law! Carry out to perfection a system of rules and
regulations! But religion is more than external obedience to the Law. God requires
truth in the inward parts. Morality that is not tied up with the vision of God's
holiness, God's moral purity, soon becomes a sterile, conventional thing. Outside the
context of the divine holiness, morals become mere manners. [84]
Robertson also reminded the audience that motives play an important part in holy living.
Robertson wrote:
The real holiness of heart lies in the purification of our motives by the Holy Spirit.
God looks not so much at what we do as at our intentions...I wonder if, after all, the
final demonstration of our love for God is not something that is never witnessed by
the world -- the quiet little obediences that only God knows about. [85]