ry earnestly to God to show us the glory of His Holiness, that our
souls may be made willing to give everything in response to this
wondrous call?

As we listen to the call, it shows also the _nature_ of true Holiness.
'_Like as_ He is holy, so be ye also holy.' To be holy is to be Godlike,
to have a disposition, a will, a character like God. The thought almost
looks like blasphemy, until we listen again, 'He hath chosen us _in
Christ_ to be holy.' In Christ the Holiness of God appeared in a human
life: in Christ's example, in His mind and Spirit, we have the Holiness
of the Invisible One translated into the forms of human life and
conduct. To be Christlike is to be Godlike; to be Christlike is to be
holy as God is holy.

The call equally reveals the _power_ of Holiness. 'There is none holy
but the Lord;' there is no Holiness but what He has, or rather what He
is, and gives. Holiness is not something we do or attain: it is the
communication of the Divine life, the inbreathing of the Divine nature,
the power of the Divine Presence resting on us. And our power to become
holy is to be found in the call of God: the Holy One calls us to
Himself, that He may make us holy in possessing Himself. He not only
says 'I am holy,' but 'I am the Lord, who make holy.' It is because the
call to Holiness comes from the God of infinite Power and Love that we
may have the confidence: we can be holy.

The call no less reveals the _standard_ of Holiness. '_Like as He_ is
holy, _so ye also_ yourselves,' or (as in margin, R.V.), 'Like the Holy
One, which calleth you, be ye yourselves also holy.' There is not one
standard of Holiness for God and another for man. The nature of light is
the same, whether we see it in the sun or in a candle: the nature of
Holiness remains unchanged, whether it be God or man in whom it dwells.
The Lord Jesus could say nothing less than, 'Be perfect, even as your
Father in heaven is perfect.' When God calls us to Holiness, He calls us
to Himself and His own life: the more carefully we listen to the voice,
and let it sink into our hearts, the more will all human standards fall
away, and only the words be heard, Holy, as I am holy.

And the call shows us the _path_ to Holiness. The calling of God is one
of mighty efficacy, an effectual calling. Oh! let us but listen to it,
let us but listen to Him, and the call will with Divine power work what
it offers. He calleth the things that are not as though they were: His