Scriptural Sanctification - Media Sabda Org

affections, etc., and from Satan and the world are sufficient to keep a pure and strong nature from
stagnation and death.
7. Another objection that has often been urged is thus stated by Dr. Whitehead:
"A puzzle to know what becomes of the hundreds and thousands of apparently sincere and pious
people who 'die well,' but have never sought and never professed publicly or privately to find entire
sanctification."
Bishop Peck and others wrestle with this apparent difficulty, but we confess, with all deference,
that to our mind the difficulty is only in appearance. For, as incidentally stated in another chapter,
if the regenerate man maintains his integrity until death, without having received this fuller baptism,
he will doubtless, like infants, be thoroughly fitted, either consciously or "unconsciously," for heaven
in that hour. Just as we believe one living under the dispensation of the Father, as a "servant,"
"fearing God and working righteousness" up to his light, will at death be admitted to paradise,
although he never came into the heritage of a "son," receiving the witness of adoption during this
life.
Yet should one deliberately and persistently reject the light which reveals to him his privilege and
duty in this matter, and neglect to secure this better equipment for a life of usefulness, we are sure
that he will suffer loss, if he does not forfeit his justification. Just as all admit is the case with a
regenerate man who rejects the light bearing on his duty to grow in grace and be "rich in good
works," and becomes stationary and "unfruitful." The benefits of this blessing are largely for this life,
bringing, as it does, a much larger measure of happiness and usefulness here, but of course a more
glorious reward hereafter.
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