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Here we see that it is not merely to do the will of God
that is the test, but that after having attained to that point, that
mark of character in our hearts, in our wills (if only partially in
the flesh), we should, by patient endurance, establish God’s
righteous will as the law of our hearts, the rule of life under all
circumstances and conditions. Then, and not until then, will we be
in the heart condition of fitness for the Kingdom. The Apostle James
says, “The trying of your faith worketh patience [patient
endurance]”; that is to say, if our faith stands the trial, it
will work this character of patient endurance. Of course, on the
other hand, if we do not attain to patient endurance, it will mean
that our faith has not stood the test satisfactorily, that we are
not fit for the
Kingdom. |
