The more you know Him, the better you know Him, the more confident you become, the more secure your joy is… Joy is related to your knowledge of God: little knowledge, little joy; much knowledge, much joy. The more you know of God's glorious truth, of God's great covenants and promises, of God's plans, of God's faithfulness, of God's power, the more joy you experience in life… Our joy is connected to the goodness of the Lord. And the more you understand His grace and mercy and goodness, the more stable your joy becomes, no matter what circumstances may come.
John MacArthur

Holy Like God

Holy Like God

Gem #71 – Holy Like God

Just before I die sanctification will be finished; but not until that moment shall I ever claim perfection in myself. But at that moment when I depart, my spirit shall have its last baptism in the Holy Spirit’s fire. It shall be put in the crucible for its last trying in the furnace; and then, free from all dross, and fine, like a wedge of pure gold, it shall be presented at the feet of God without the least degree of dross or mixture. O glorious hour! O blessed moment! I think I would still long to die if there were no heaven, if I might but have that last purification, and come up from Jordan’s stream pure white from the washing. Oh, to be washed white, clean, pure, perfect! Not an angel more pure than I shall be–yes, not God himself more holy! And I shall be able to say, in a double sense, “Great God, I am clean, through Jesus’ blood I am clean, through the Spirit’s work I am clean too!”