THE WORD OF THE LORD IS EXCELLENT
"That
ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and
without offence till the day of Christ."
-PHILIPPIANS
1:10
[KJV]
If
divine light has enlightened your mind, divine life quickened your
heart, and you love the Lord and His people, you must approve of the
things that are excellent. For they are so commended to your
conscience that you can no more do otherwise than you can tell a
deliberate lie or call black white. And as you approve of them, you
will disapprove of everything which is contrary to, or falls short of
this excellency.
Now
this is what distinguishes us from the world and the spirit of it,
and from all whose eyes are blinded by the god of this world—that
whilst they approve of the things God abhors, we approve of the
things that God loves. Here is the mind of Christ; here is the
teaching of the Spirit giving us in some measure to see as Christ
sees, to feel as Christ feels, to love as Christ loves, and to
approve as Christ approves. We shall never go far wrong so long as we
are approving the things that are excellent, and seeking, as the Lord
may enable, to know the will of God and do it.
But
directly we lose sight of this spiritual standard and set up the
opinion of men, then our eyes get blinded, our hearts hardened, our
consciences benumbed, and instead of approving the things that are
excellent, we may gradually and insensibly drift into the very spirit
of ungodliness.
-Gospel
report by preacher J.C. Philpot (1802-1869 A.D.)
April
1st, EARS FROM HARVESTED SHEAVES
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