Sanctification: What It Is, When It Is, How It Is (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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First, Christian perfection does not suppose that we are made perfect in knowledge. In the works of nature God's laws are mysteri ous. Much has been discovered; but how lit tle, compared to the vast realms that are yet unexplored. A child can puzzle a philosopher; and why? Because the simplest things about us cannot be fully explained. The chemist may separate certain substances into their ele ments; but ask him what is the essence of any thing, and he cannot tell you. Another man in the pursuit of knowledge may assert specific properties of matter, such as figure, dimension, density, force, etc.; but ask him what is force, and he is compelled to confess his ignorance. In short, who can trace to their finality heat, light, life, electricity, and many other things with which we come in contact every day? In these, who by searching can find out God? Lo.

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