“Be not therefore anxious for the morrow…. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.”—Matthew 6:34, R. V. If you have given yourself to God, to do His work, you have no need to be anxious for tomorrow. He whose servant you are, knows the end from the beginning. The events of tomorrow, which areContinue reading “Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing: The Spirituality of the Law, Part 22”
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Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing: The Spirituality of the Law, Part 21
“Seek ye first the kingdom of God.”—Matthew 6:33. The people who listened to the words of Christ were still anxiously watching for some announcement of the earthly kingdom. While Jesus was opening to them the treasures of heaven, the question uppermost in many minds was, How will a connection with Him advance our prospects inContinue reading “Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing: The Spirituality of the Law, Part 21”
Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing: The Spirituality of the Law, Part 20
“Be not anxious.”—Matthew 6:25, R. V. He who has given you life knows your need of food to sustain it. He who created the body is not unmindful of your need of raiment. Will not He who has bestowed the greater gift bestow also what is needed to make it complete? Jesus pointed His hearersContinue reading “Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing: The Spirituality of the Law, Part 20”
Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing: The Spirituality of the Law, Part 19
“No man can serve two masters.”—Matthew 6:24. Christ does not say that man will not or shall not serve two masters, but that he cannot. The interests of God and the interests of mammon have no union or sympathy. Just where the conscience of the Christian warns him to forbear, to deny himself, to stop, justContinue reading “Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing: The Spirituality of the Law, Part 19”
Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing: The Spirituality of the Law, Part 18
“If … thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.”—Matthew 6:22. Singleness of purpose, wholehearted devotion to God, is the condition pointed out by the Saviour’s words. Let the purpose be sincere and unwavering to discern the truth and to obey it at whatever cost, and you will receive divine enlightenment.Continue reading “Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing: The Spirituality of the Law, Part 18”
Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing: The Spirituality of the Law, Part 17
“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth.”—Matthew 6:19. Treasure laid up on earth will not endure; thieves break through and steal; moth and rust corrupt; fire and storm sweep away your possessions. And “where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Treasure laid up on the earth will engross the mind toContinue reading “Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing: The Spirituality of the Law, Part 17”
Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing: The Spirituality of the Law, Part 16
“When ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites.”—Matthew 6:16. The fasting which the word of God enjoins is something more than a form. It does not consist merely in refusing food, in wearing sackcloth, in sprinkling ashes upon the head. He who fasts in real sorrow for sin will never court display. The object ofContinue reading “Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing: The Spirituality of the Law, Part 16”