And Jesus turns to you and to
me and says: "Whosoever shall
do the will of My Father Who is in
Heaven, he is My brother, and sister.
and mother."
B FRE, then, is the will of God con
cerning us, that we be holy even
as He is holy, and to be perfct as
He is perfect. But. you say, God has
appointed us a task impossible to per
form. And surely it would seem so
It the face of the sin and failure of
men from Adam down to the present
time. But let us look into the mat
ter a little more deeply to see if God
has provided a way out of the diffi
culty. Surely it Ie not unreasonable
for me as a father- to lay upon my
son a task which is beyond his skill
and strength to do, if I provide a
way by which the per'armance of the
task is made possible. And surelI
God cannot be charged with unrea
sonable exaction when He commands
us to be holy and perfect, inasmuch
as He has provided a way by which
man may meet His commands and con
ditions. God says:' "Be ye holy,"
and then pointing to His perfect Son,
He says: "Behold the Lamb of God,
which taketh away the sin of the
worl ." Unrighteous before God
apart"from Christ, but in Christ, ac
cepted because of His righteousness.
