He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked–1 John 2: 6. He is to walk as our Lord walked, in his general deportment and relationship to everything that is good and correspondingly to avoid everything that is evil. He is to...
Take heed therefore unto yourselves … for grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them–Acts 20: 28-30. It is necessary for the discipline, trial and final proving of the...
Your Father knoweth what things ye have need of–Matt. 6: 8. Our petitions, our requests, our cries to the Lord, therefore, should be for the holiness of heart, for the filling of His Spirit, for the spiritual food, refreshment, strength; and as for the natural things, He knows the...
Be not faithless, but believing–John 20: 27. It is impossible for us to come near to the Lord except as we shall exercise faith and trust in Him, in His goodness, in His power, in His wisdom, in His love. Faith is a matter of cultivation, of development. The...
Giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue —2 Pet. 1: 5. One great difficulty with the Lord’s people is that, even when determined for a right course and thus resisting the temptation, they do not take sufficiently positive action. Many say to the tempter, I have concluded not...
