man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is
righteous, even as he is righteous." 1 John 3:7. Some do teach that we can
not be righteous. The Word of God declares they are deceivers.

When we thus become of the pure, holy, righteous and merciful nature of
Jesus it will of necessity separate us as far from this world and
worldliness as he was separated. "I have given them thy word; and the
world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not
of the world." John 17:14. There lies a great and wide gulf between the
Christian and the world. Jesus is the bridge for the sinner to cross to
the Christian's land. Sin and Satan is the bridge for the return of the
Christian to the world.

When the children of God are fully redeemed they are one even as the
Father and the Son are one. "And the glory which thou gavest me I have
given them; that they may be one, even as we are one." John 17:22. This
means a complete annihilation of every partisan spirit, a destruction of
all strife and division. Should every professed Christian get salvation to
the full Bible standard there would not be a sect left upon earth.

God predestinated you to be conformed to the image of his Son; holy as he
is holy; merciful as he is merciful; perfect as he is perfect; pure as he
is pure; righteous as he is righteous; as far separated from the world as
he is from the world, and one even as God and his Son are one. Such is the
perfect redemption offered to man in this life through God's beloved Son.
What can be more beautiful upon this earth than a soul redeemed from sin
and a life reflecting the holy life of the Savior. "Christ before Pilate"
is a rare and much admired work of art, but Christ in the soul and life is
a work more grand and beautiful. For man to properly reflect the divine
character necessitates a very close walk and deep communion with the
Deity. There must be a constant feeding upon the divine life. There must
be a careful watching and an effort to cultivate a deeper sense of the
presence of God. Happy and blessed is the man whose heart is so filled
with heavenly love and reverence to God as to cause him to give "all
diligence" to develop into his own glorious image.

Chapter VII. The Church Of God.

More than one hundred times the words church and churches are used in the
New Testament. It is always translated from _ekklesia_. Most translators
agree that a more correct translation of this Greek word would