er and Gentiles, ministering the gospel of
of the Spirit, he can not enter God, that the offering up of the
into the kingdom of God." John 3:5. Gentiles might be acceptable, being
sanctified by the Holy Ghost." Rom.
15:16.

3. _The Blood._ "Unto him that 3. _The Blood._ "Wherefore Jesus
loved us, and washed us from our also, that he might sanctify the
sins in his own blood." Rev. 1:5. people with his own blood, suffered
without the gate." Heb. 13:12.

4. _Jesus._ "And he is the 4. _Jesus._ "And inheritance among
propitiation for our sins: and not them which are sanctified by faith
for ours only, but also for the that is in me [Jesus]." Acts 26:18.
sins of the whole world." 1 John
2:2.

5. _God._ "Which were born, not of 5. _God._ "And the very God of
blood, nor of the will of the peace sanctify you wholly; ...
flesh, nor of the will of man, but faithful is he that calleth you,
of God." John 1:13. who also will do it." 1 Thes. 5:23,
24.

Being Like Jesus.

Holiness is the image of God. A holy seer, in a vision, saw the Lord and
his high throne. He saw the angels hovering over and heard one shouting,
"Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his
glory." Isa. 6:1-3. Nothing in earth or in heaven is so beautiful as
holiness. The Scriptures are sublime in their description of the
loveliness of the celestial world. Poets have sung of the exquisite
delights of that better land. The crowning feature of attractiveness is
holiness. Should the despiser of holiness be permitted to stroll through
the fields of heaven he would find no object of beauty there. The rose of
Sharon would be but a faded flower, "no beauty that we should desire him."
Isa. 53:2.

The one object and desire in the life of the sweet singer David, a
holiness admirer, was to dwell in the house of the Lord all his days to
"behold the beauty of the Lord." Psa. 27:4. The beautiful holy image of
God was seen upon man in his creation. He manifested the holy character of
his Creator. He was in nature like God. The Almighty in looking over the
works of creation saw that everything he had made, man included, was very
good (Gen. 1:31); therefore we can rightly conclude that as he looked upon
man he looked up