God’s Way of Holiness
Overview
“True holiness must start from a true and authentic peace.” Bonar’s treatise on holiness and what it means to be a Christian, God’s Way of Holiness is a passionate and powerful book packed with biblical insight.
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- Provides a treatise on holiness
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Top Highlights
“These are weighty words of the apostle, ‘we are his workmanship.’1 Of him, and through him, and to him, are all things pertaining to us. Chosen, called, quickened, washed, sanctified, and justified by God himself, we are, in no sense, our own deliverers. The quarry out of which the marble comes is His; the marble itself is His; the digging and hewing and polishing are His: He is the sculptor and we the statue.” (Pages 10–11)
“It is to a new life that God is calling us; not to some new steps in life, some new habits or ways or motives or prospects, but to a new life.” (Page 7)
“The gospel does not command us to do anything in order to obtain life, but it bids us live by that which another has done: and the knowledge of its life-giving truth is not labor but rest, rest of soul, rest which is the root of all true labor; for in receiving Christ we do not work in order to rest, but we rest in order to work. In believing, we cease to work for pardon, in order that we may work from it; and, what incentive to work, or source of joy in working, can be greater than an ascertained and realized forgiveness?” (Page 29)
“Justification comes to us neither on account of our love nor our faith, but solely on account of Christ; and yet it comes through (by means of) faith. Faith does not justify as a work of goodness, but simply as a receiver of promised mercy.… We do not merit, we only obtain justification.… Faith is but the organ, the instrument, the medium; Christ alone is the satisfaction and the merit.” (Page 26)
“He has made provision for our being made like himself, and therefore he calls us to this likeness. The standard is high, but it does not admit of being lowered. The model is divine; but so is the strength given for conformity to it. Our responsibility to be holy is great, but not greater than the means provided for its full attainment.” (Page 31)
Few religious writers are more widely and favorable known than is the author of this little work. Its clear statement of doctrine, its warm devotional spirit, and its thoroughly evangelical character, will make it a welcome and profitable companion in the closet and the family.
—The American Presbyterian and Theological Review
We thank Dr. Bonar sincerely for this timely utterance in behalf of great principles and duties; and we earnestly hope that, as containing vital truth, it may be blessed to the souls of many.
—Evangelical Christendom
We cannot lay aside this exposition of ‘God’s Way of Holiness’ without earnestly commending the reading of such works to the junior clergy. They will do more to establish them in right views of Christian doctrine than any other order of writing.
—Scottish Sabbath School Teachers’ Magazine
We are grateful to the author for this faithful and zealous testimony in favor of holiness. . . . There is much thought in the book, and, like all the works of the same writer, it is suggestive of thought. On the whole, we much like the book.
—Journal of Sacred Literature
- Title: God’s Way of Holiness
- Author: Horatius Bonar
- Publisher: Moody Press
- Publication Date: 1864
- Pages: 176
