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be governed by that word, life and peace will rule in your
heart. Then, why should you ignore the Word and live with
only the mind set on the flesh then become hostile to God?
Therefore, I wonder whether the Word abundantly dwells
in you and peace rules in your heart. This sermon’s text
that we read first says, Examine yourselves to see whether
you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that
Christ Jesus is in you? Therefore, if peace rules in your
heart, it is proof that Jesus is in you.
Eighth, it is that ‘Are you constantly going forward to
holiness every day?’ In other words, holiness is ‘Holy’.
To those who go forth to holiness every day, to those
who have been purified from their sins through the
shedding of the blood of Jesus Christ, God says, ‘There is
no sin! You are justified!’ Because they were clothed in
the righteousness of Jesus, they have become sinless and
they have become the ones living by that righteousness.
They definitely have been grafted to Jesus. Therefore, the
men of Jesus are to grow up by the righteousness of Jesus.
In 1 Peter 1:14-16, it is said, Do not conform to the evil
desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as
he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is
written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” Therefore, it is the
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