Ephesians 5:2 And walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor. (Recovery Version)
Today, we still have a great deal of mixture….But we are gradually being transformed. Therefore, eventually we shall be so holy and so pure that we shall be without blemish, without any foreign particles, having only the divine element.We shall be holy and without blemish before Him. [In Ephesians 1:4] “before Him” means to be holy and without blemish in the eyes of God according to His divine standard. This qualifies us to remain in and enjoy His presence. We shall be holy and without blemish, not according to our standard or in our eyes but according to His standard and in His eyes. Finally, we shall be holy and without blemish before Him in love. Love here refers to the love with which God loves His chosen ones and with which His chosen ones love Him. It is in this love, in such a love, that God’s chosen ones become holy and without blemish before Him. Firstly, God loved us. Then this divine love inspires us to love Him in return. In such a condition and atmosphere of love, we are saturated with God to be holy and without blemish as He is. In this love, a mutual love, God loves us, and we return this love to Him. It is in this kind of condition that we are being transformed. …When this takes place in full, we shall be wholly sanctified, transformed, and conformed to the image of God’s Son, Jesus Christ. Then we shall be completely holy. (Life-study of Ephesians, ch. 3, by Witness Lee)
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