Allshorn: holiness as a by-product

Sunday, April 11, 2021
    Commemoration of George Augustus Selwyn, first Bishop of New Zealand, 1878
Meditation:
    Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?”
    I answered, “Sir, you know.”
    And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”
    —Revelation 7:13-14 (NIV)
Quotation:
    Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him. Our holiness is an effect, not a cause; so long as our eyes are on our own personal whiteness as an end in itself, the thing breaks down. God can do nothing while my interest is in my own personal character—He will take care of this if I obey His call. In learning to love God and people as He commanded us to do, obviously your sanctification cannot but come, but not as an end in itself.
    ... Florence Allshorn (1887-1950), The Notebooks of Florence Allshorn, London: SCM Press, 1957, p. 27-28 (see the book)
    See also Rev. 7:13-14; Acts 26:14-18; 1 Cor. 6:19-20; Heb. 9:14
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, all holiness is of You. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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