The overcomers must all be proven to be such as would sacrifice every other thing for the Lord; such as would sacrifice the love and fellowship and approval, if necessary, of every other being, in order to retain the love and favor of the Lord. We believe that this test is coming daily closer and closer to the Lord's consecrated people, and it behooves every one of us to remember that this is one of the elements of our trial, and to set our affections on the spiritual things accordingly, and to mortify or deaden all such affections toward earthly beings and things as would bring these into competition with our Lord in our affections, service, etc.
The overcomer is one who conquers sin, error, selfishness and worldliness. These are arrayed against him by Satan, the world and the flesh. Such indeed will be made living stones in the temple of God, and will receive the Divine nature, a nature so grand that none but its recipients can fully understand or appreciate it.
Psa. 73:24; Hos. 12:6; Matt. 24:13; John 8:31; 10:28; Acts 11:23; Rom. 2:6, 7; 8:30-39; 1 Cor. 16:13; Gal. 6:9; Col. 1:10, 22, 23; Heb. 2:1; 3:6, 14; 10:23, 35, 36; 12:1-15; Jas. 1:4, 12; 1 Pet. 1:4-8; 2 Pet. 1:10, 11; Rev. 2:7, 10, 11, 25-28; 3:5, 11.
