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If any man consider that
he has attained a satisfactory spiritual state, from that moment he
may date the beginning of his spiritual decline. No present
attainments can be satisfactory to a sincere follower of Christ who
studiously endeavors to copy the Perfect Pattern. It is only when we
turn our eyes away from Christ that self complacency can be
exercised; for in full view of the Pattern our shortcomings are ever
manifest. And if in pride of heart we do lose sight of them
ourselves, they only become the more manifest to others. Only in the
realization of a continual growth into the likeness of Christ should
the Christian find satisfaction.
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