JANUARY 29

PURGED AND PURIFIED

“And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: and I will purge out from among you the rebels (that which is rebellious).” (Ezekiel 20:37-38)

We now recognize that He is the CAUSE of our passing under the rod. “For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth”, (Heb. 13:6). No more do we see the rod as a token of His wrath, because He is angry with us, but now we see THE ROD IS A TOKEN OF HIS LOVE, that He might receive us unto Himself – after we have been purged so as to be presented before Him blameless, with exceeding joy.

He says, “I will cause…I will bring…I will purge…” for it is all totally His work. He is both “the Author and the Finisher” of our salvation.

“I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest (Hebrew, PURGE) them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts”, (Eccl. 3:18). This is one of the hard parts of the deep purging process, to finally see your self for what you really are in the old bestial nature, with a heart that is deceitful and desperately wicked. But though we are exposed to ourselves, when He has finished the purging, we shall be found to His praise, and we shall rejoice.

“Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried, - the wise shall understand,” (Daniel 12:10). Are we beginning to understand His purgings?

Divine selection as He apprehends a people for purification, to make them an instrument for His use, for His glory. “I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction. For Mine own sake, even for Mine own sake, will I do it: for how should My name be polluted? And I will not give My glory unto another,” (Isa. 48:10-11). That which He has purposed to share His glory with must be pure, lest it cast a reflection on His own purity. “Be ye holy for I am holy,” is not only a command, it is a glorious position to be experienced, with joy and life that overflows.

Ray Prinzing

Sister Doris Prinzing
1130 Allumbaugh St. Apt 257
Boise, Id 83704-8700

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