“For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged” (1 Corinthians 11:31 KJV). “Judge not, that ye be not judged.” Do not think yourself better than other men, and set yourself up as their judge. Since you cannot discern motive, you are incapable of judging another. In criticizing him, you are passing sentenceContinue reading “Better to Judge Yourself”
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Destiny of the Divided Heart
“No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon” (Matthew 6:24 KJV). “No man can serve two masters.” We cannot serve God with a divided heart. Bible religion isContinue reading “Destiny of the Divided Heart”
Godlikeness: The Goal to Be Reached
“Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect” (Matthew 5:48 KJV). God’s ideal for His children is higher than the highest human thought can reach. “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” This command is a promise. The plan of redemption contemplatesContinue reading “Godlikeness: The Goal to Be Reached”
Salt, Light, Truth, the Law: Agents of Life
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men” (Luke 2:14 KJV). “Ye are the salt of the earth,” Jesus said. Do not withdraw yourselves from the world in order to escape persecution. You are to abide among men, that the savor of the divine love may be as saltContinue reading “Salt, Light, Truth, the Law: Agents of Life”
Words to the Chosen Under Fire
“My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;“Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.“But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing” (James 1:2-4 KJV). “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness.” The sense of unworthiness will leadContinue reading “Words to the Chosen Under Fire”
Self-Control: Highest Evidence of Nobility
“Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth” (Matthew 5:5 KJV). “Blessed are the meek.” The difficulties we have to encounter may be very much lessened by that meekness which hides itself in Christ. If we possess the humility of our Master, we shall rise above the slights, the rebuffs, the annoyances, toContinue reading “Self-Control: Highest Evidence of Nobility”
Mourners Comforted
“Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted” (Matthew 5:4 KJV). “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.” By these words Christ does not teach that mourning in itself has power to remove the guilt of sin. He gives no sanction to pretense or to voluntary humility. The mourning ofContinue reading “Mourners Comforted”