The Fundamentals - Torrey - LX - Chapter 20 (Consecration)

Required reading
The Fundamentals edited by R. A. Torrey (Available from Amazon or free here) - Read Chapter 20 (Consecration).

My summary
This week Frost gives his thoughts on consecration.

From Exodus 28:40-43, Frost makes the following observations:
(i) consecration and sanctification are not one and the same thing;
(ii) the one who was to be consecrated had to belong to the right family;
(iii) the person who was to be consecrated had to have the right dress on;
(iv) Aaron and his sons, before they were consecrated, had to be anointed.

Then Frost gives some illustrations to prove his ideas.

What grabbed me
Some of the chapter was based on faulty exegesis from working exclusively with an English translation. 

Also, the illustrations seemed not to be particularly pertinent to Frost's case.

But I did like the comparisons between the priests in the Old Testament and Christians today as priests. 

For example we too are to be clothed: 'Man ever seeks to put the beauty before the glory, for he argues that a person must become beautiful in order that he may become glorious. But God, as it were, says no, for it is impossible for a man to become beautiful, and, therefore, it is impossible for him to become glorious, and hence, that he must become glorious in order that he may become beautiful. In other words, God sees only one beauty in this world ; it is the glory of His Christ ; and, therefore we must be clothed upon with His glory if we are to appear beautiful in His holy presence.'

If we are to be acceptable to God we must clothe ourselves in Christ.

Next week's reading
Read Chapter 21 (Is Romanism Christianity).

Now it's your turn
Please post your own notes and thoughts in the comments section below.