Love … rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth–1 Cor. 13: 4, 6. Are the principles of right and wrong so firmly fixed in my mind, and am I so thoroughly in accord with the right and so opposed to the wrong, that I would not encourage...
The flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would–Gal. 5: 17. Here is the great and continual battle; for although the new will asserts itself and puts...
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain–Exodus 20: 7. Although this commandment was not given to spiritual Israel, we can readily see how the spirit of it comes to us. … We have taken the name of Christ as our name. … The...
And I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God–Rev. 20: 4. Although this beheading is figurative and not literal, it nevertheless has a deep significance. … It signifies, not only death to self-will but also to be...
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service–Rom. 12: 1. To render all we have to the Lord’s service is not only a reasonable thing, but an offering far too...
