cently the
Holy Spirit interpreted it to our heart. One evening we asked God to give
us an understanding of this difficult passage of Scripture, and the next
morning we fully understood it. It is very simple. In a great house there
are vessels of gold and silver, wood and earth, some to honor and some to
dishonor. This house represents man in his natural state. There are some
good traits of character in most every unregenerated man, and also some
evil traits. He has some honorable dispositions and some dishonorable.
Full salvation, which includes both justification and sanctification, will
save and purge him from every dishonorable inclination and evil trait of
character, and fit him for the Master's use. He will be used only to the
glory of God. All his fruits will be holy unto the Lord.

10. Sanctification prepares man for heaven. We have quoted from 1 Cor.
6:11. By reading the two preceding verses we learn that sanctification is
necessary to the entrance of heaven.

Holiness.

There is a sweet melody in the word "holiness." We associate it with
everything that is heavenly. It is frequently used synonymously with
sanctification, yet not always with all the forms of the word
sanctification. On the whole there is a slight difference in the meaning
of the two terms. Holiness is the consummation of the work of
sanctification. By transposing a few words in Heb. 12:14 we would have it
read, "Without holiness no man shall see the Lord." Holiness is here a
noun objective to the preposition without. In some translations this
sentence would read, "Without sanctification no man shall see the Lord."
Sanctification is here a noun, the object of the preposition without. As
nouns these words are used interchangeably.

In Jude, first verse, we have this sentence, "To them that are sanctified
by God the Father." The word "sanctified" is here used as a predicate
adjective, and describes the people addressed. It would not alter the
meaning of the text were we to translate it thus: "To them that are made
holy by God the Father." The word holy is here used as a predicate
adjective, and describes the people addressed. In the sentence, "Sanctify
them through thy truth" (John 17:17), the word "sanctify" is a verb,
denoting action, of which we have no form of the word holiness. The word
holiness can not be used as a verb. The word sanctification frequently
expresses action; the word holiness never. They are synonymous when they
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