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sight. Act quickly, therefore; the time is short. "Humbleyourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God[to do whatever service His providence has made possibleto you], that He may exalt you in due time."--I Peter 5:6.SANCTIFICATION THE RESULT OF LOVE OF GODTrue sanctification of the heart to the Lord means diligencein His service; a declaration of the good tidingsto others; the building up of one another in the most holyfaith. It also means that we do good unto all men as wehave opportunity, especially unto the household of faith;that in these various ways our lives, consecrated to theLord, shall be laid down for the brethren day by day,opportunity by opportunity, as they shall come to us;that our love for the Lord, for the brethren, for ourfamilies and sympathetically for the world of mankind,will increasingly fill our hearts as we grow in grace,knowledge and obedience to the Divine Word and example.--Gal. 6:10; I John 3:16.Nevertheless, all this exercising of our energies forothers is merely one of the many ways in which by theLord's providence our own sanctification may be accomplished.As iron sharpeneth iron, so our energies in behalfof others bring blessings to ourselves. Additionally,while we should more and more come to the conditionof loving our neighbors as ourselves--especially the householdof faith--yet the mainspring back of all this shouldbe our supreme love for our Creator and Redeemer, andour desire to be and to do what would please Him. Oursanctification, therefore, must be primarily toward Godand first affect our own hearts and wills and, as a resultof such devotion to God, find its exercise in the interestof the brethren and of all men.====================R5125 : page 341ST. PAUL'S GREAT MISSION"For Christ sent me...to preach the Gospel."--1 Cor. 1:17.LEARNING HAS always been very properlyheld in high esteem, and those who have itusually appreciate this fact as well as dothose who have it not. There is, therefore,on the part of the learned, or those whoappear to be so, a tendency to do or saythings or to discuss subjects that would makethem shine before others.St. Paul had a good education. He hadmuch advantage every way; consequentlyhe had the greater temptation to display his knowledge.In his Epistle to the Corinthians, he was addressing apeople who were familiar with Greek philosophy and who