We Entered His Rest

"However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing." 1 Corinthians 2:6

Now that you have entered into His Rest, you need a distinct pure wisdom not of this earth to flourish as worthy stewards and ministers of this rare state of grace. You must successfully grow onwards because of the regrettable fact that your perfect peace you found hidden in Him does not automatically bring completed health, intelligence, wisdom or maturity! As your heart continues to be transformed into His image, what is appropriate for your life will change vastly: this will certainly bring costly pruning and perhaps even persecution to your earthly life. Be ready.

You might think that if you have entered into His Rest, that is all there is to it. Regrettably, this is real life. You will probably have customs, relationships or arrangements such as employment still in place, which are not God's best for you. With a new heart all of a sudden, this can get tricky, especially in the case of family relationships. My best advice to you is do not try to appease when you cannot be the worldly person they would prefer you to be. Play it straight. Pray for them, love them even as you ask the Lord for resolution and/or freedom. Be patient. Go the second mile. Turn the other cheek. Do not prefer one outcome over another -let God work as you pour out prayer and His blessing in abundance without prejudice. The solutions can be surprising! But they are not always easy because people can be more ornery or twisted than you had thought it possible for them to be.

But this straightforward approach may bless some out of their socks right away! Others it may sour. Remember that in the past your actions may not always have been the best, despite your intentions. Rather than imitating this better way -get the grace to live it naturally. The former is camoflage, the latter is reality.

Remember Pharoah? God set His people free, but it was repeatedly costly in terms of faith and patience.

This section is for selected articles designed to help those blessed souls within His Rest to both minister and come to terms with their new life in His very bosom where the mixed wisdom of the impure stands mute. Others who read these targetted materials should be aware that they are written for souls already made Holy and be aware that the unearthly standards expressed within cannot be duplicated by any amount of mere spiritual strength. But fear not: amongst the special advice, true seekers will surely find radiant jewels to give light for this most worthy of quests. Some of the articles here are designed for both the seeker, and the newly purified. Others should be avoided by the immature, especially those who are wise in their own eyes.

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Humility
A brief anecdote illustrating the incomparable power of humility. (2 pages)

Miss Pywell
John Wesley imparts condensed wisdom to a new minister of holiness upon her departure to ministry. (1 page )

Excerpts
Choice excerpts of wisdom to fellow holiness ministers from Daniel Steele. (2 pages)

Two Great Doctrines
Selected formal lessons and pastoral teaching outlines are given to aid the purified teacher present the topics of: Sanctification, Holiness, Perfect Love, Holy- Saint, Pure Heart, and Perfection. There is plenty of scriptural support for the seeker. 20 pages by Winfield Poe

The Benefits of Childhood Conversion
In my long years this article is the only one I have ever seen which discusses the special position of those converted as infants. It is a great special blessing that is poorly understood in today’s post-Spock environment. It also has great implications upon sanctification. 8 Pages by W. B. Godbey

Golden Sheaves
It was one thing for the Jews to cross over the Jordan into Canaan, and another thing altogether to possess the land: it is one thing to obtain the blessing of sanctification, and it is another to enter upon its many privileges and its full blessedness. There are three types of sanctified souls to be found….. 25 pages by B. Carradine

Helps to Holiness
This Commander of Holiness shares his secrets of success with His global Holiness troops. He does not hold back, but shares his hard won gold, his diadems, and even his very crowns. A “must read” for every minister of Holiness!! The authour worked under General Booth of the illustrious early Salvation Army. He was sent out accross the globe to bring existing workers into His Rest. 70 pages by S. L. Brengle

The Heritage of Holiness
The holiness people have a glorious heritage. The doctrines cherished and the experience enjoyed go farther back than what is generally known as the Christian era. Their roots are in the Old Testament, and their origin is in God himself. 39 pages by J. E. Jessop

God’s Plan for Oversight in the Glorious Church
As aspects of the church emerge from the long dark night; not all is as it appears! This ground-breaking vision of the contemporary apostle raises the level of integrity to the perfected humility and purity of purpose found only by those within His glorious Rest. For more on this topic see www.gloriouschurch.com 23 pages by David A. Huston and Jim McKinley

A Pot of Oil
G. D. Watson became known as the "Apostle to the Sanctified" for his gift in guiding the sanctified into the full enjoyment of their new state. This important work is full of his wisdom to help the sanctified soul steer around the shoals of paradox that become evident to one with a clean heart and clear eyes. 48 pages

The Way of Holiness
In 1920 an elderly Brengle wrote this compassionate mixture of guidance for the seeker and confirmation for the younger sanctified souls. You will enjoy his warmth and abundance of personal examples gleaned from his long and fruitful career. 28 pages by S. L. Brengle

Holiness or Hell?
In 38 out of these 46 pages Godbey explicitly exhorts and helps the sanctified fully comprehend their illustrious and powerful station. The power of loving sanctified prayers has sent opposers to suddenly meet their Maker when they would not desist preaching against holiness. 46 pages by W. B. Godbey

Love-Slaves
O, the glories of being His true love-slave!!! To the sinner the yoke looks intolerable, the burden looks unbearable. But to those who have entered into the secret of the Master, His yoke is the badge of freedom, and His burden gives wings to the soul. Brengle also warns His Love-Slaves of the dangers inherent in their station as they grow older. 20 pages by S. L. Brengle

"I shall venture to set before you some important directions which the Holy Ghost has already suggested to your pure minds: "for I would not be negligent to put you in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be stablished in the present truth. Yea, I think it meet to stir you up, by putting you in remembrance," and giving you some hints, which it is safe for you frequently to meditate upon." 15 pages by John Fletcher, the saintly contemporary of Wesley.

The Altar Service
This is from a symposium of the most prominent and successful Holiness altar workers of the Great Awakening. This compilation contains the wisdom and experience from half a century of successful sanctification revival work in eleven chapters, each by a different famous revivalist. Punchy. Concentrated. Compiled by Beverly Carradine in 24 pages. Published in 1904

Coals of Fire
The illustrious Watson expounds the golden mystery of saints and seraphim: "And one cried unto another and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts." It was this declaration and vision of the Divine purity, which caused Isaiah to perceive the necessity of his "perfecting holiness in the fear of God"; and the same spiritual law applies to other believers as well." 7 pages by G. D. Watson

"The will of God is always the greatest challenge that can come to a person. It is no different now. A misunderstanding at this point or a drawing back will not only defeat the individual but it will bring hardship upon the whole group to whom the challenge has come. Regardless of what attitude is taken or what decisions may be made by man, God's will remains the same, and He expects it to be carried out in its fullness, or tragedy will follow." "The challenge of holiness is not just standards, these should not be the outstanding marks identifying us as Gods people. But the challenge is to keep the standards, with the glory of God and our lives saturated with His Presence." 3 heritage pages by Glenn Griffith

or "Heart-Wanderings: Their Cause and Cure" The wholly sanctified man still has free will. He remains fully human. This means that although he is surrounded and suffused with His grace, he is still subject to mistakes. His heart although pure, still needs to resist old habits that gravitate back towards the former mixed Christian life. Here is a list of ways the pure in heart may avoid any slow drift away from being HOT for God. Those readers not fully sancitified may find these ways to be ridiculously strict. It is not at all so for us within His Rest, since temptation no longer has it's bite; and the heart contains only His beauteous way. To those within His Rest, these are tender-hearted reminders from one who has paid the price to learn the hard way. 13 pages by G. D. Watson

This is the full version of the shorter excerpt found on the "Entry Directions" page. This is a remarkably comprehensive work that gives a very high quality and detailed treatment to not only entering His Rest, but also gives a rare resource for those of us who are already in His Rest, which includes, how to keep it, and how to regain it again if it is lost! He gives us important advice on how to successfully steward this state of grace.
"Our idea of a perfectly holy character does not include the idea that he will make no mistakes in the conduct of his life — that he will always act wisely and discreetly— or that he will never feel the risings of propensities or passions which he may not indulge. Actions and feelings result from the views the mind takes, or the influence of unavoidable constitutional tendencies. When an improper judgment is formed, an improper or incorrect action or feeling may follow. And so long as the mind is subject to err and come to wrong conclusions, so long conduct and emotions resulting may be also improper." 36 pages by R. S. Foster

Since entering His Rest is a beginning rather than an ending, to what shall we bend our purified life? Why, of course, to completing the task set before us of becoming like Him in every aspect: "To have a being, at once created and yet Godlike, was indeed a task worthy of Infinite Wisdom. It is the nature and glory of God that He is absolutely independent of all else, having life in Himself, owing His existence to none but Himself alone. If man is to be Godlike, he must bear His image and likeness in this too, that he must become what he is to be, of his own free choice; he must make himself. It is the nature and glory of the creature to be dependent, to owe everything to the Blessed Creator. How can this contradiction be reconciled?—a being at once dependent and yet self-determined, created and yet Godlike. In man the mystery is solved. As a creature God gives him life, but endows him with the wonderful power of a free will; it is only in the process of a personal and voluntary appropriation that anything so high and holy as likeness to God can really become his very own." 20 heavy duty pages by Andrew Murray