Introduction
This book has been written with much solicitude, not from any doubts regarding the subject which it treats, but from its practical importance and the fact that there exists such…
Chapter 1 – Christian Purity
CHRISTIAN PURITY is the great, prominent thought and fact of human salvation in the Bible. There is none more so, or equally so, except, perhaps, pardon. The heart, or soul,…
Chapter 2 – Theological Authorities
TO be cleansed from all depravity, or inbred sin, as it is usually called, we understand to be the Bible’s idea and fact of Christian purity. We ask the reader’s…
Chapter 3 – Scripture Testimony
CHRISTIAN PURITY, as the great evangelical fact of holiness — the extirpation of all sin in principle from the soul, or the absence of all pollution in the heart of…
Chapter 4 – Scripture Testimony
“IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND TO CLEANSE US FROM ALL UNRIGHTEOUSNESS.” — 1 John 1:9. This text clearly makes…
Chapter 5 – Regeneration is Not Complete Purity
“Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.”—1 Corinthians 7:1 Those who chiefly composed…
Chapter 6 – Christian Purity is not obtained by Growth in Grace – part 1
The opinion has become somewhat prevalent among Christian people that deliverance from indwelling sin — a state of purity of heart — can be obtained by the ordinary process of…
Chapter 7 – Christian Purity is not obtained by Growth in Grace – part 2
The fact that inbred sin is a unit, “an evil principle still infecting our nature,” as Dr. Hodge of Princeton calls it, is proof that we cannot obtain freedom from…
Chapter 8 – Christian Purity is not obtained by Growth in Grace – part 3
PURITY is not a question of time; growth in grace is. Believers are delivered from inbred sin at all periods after their regeneration — from one day to scores of…
Chapter 9 – Christian Maturity
LIFE, purity, and maturity, these three prominent facts stand forth in Bible teaching as distinct. A proper regard for these distinctions would have saved the Church from much of her…