Live Righteously and Godly
We should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God
and our Saviour Jesus Christ.Titus 2:12, 13.
O that our hearts may be deeply impressed with the importance of living
holy lives, that the world may take knowledge of us that we have been with
Jesus, and have learned of Him. Christian worth does not depend upon brilliant
talents, lofty birth, wonderful powers, but on a clean heart,—a heart which,
purified and refined, reflects the image of divinity. It is the presence of Him
who gave His life for us that makes the soul beautiful.... It is the men of prayer
that are men of power....
Do not allow trifling things to absorb your time and attention. Keep your
mind on the glorious themes of the Word of God. A study of these themes will
give you a strength that will carry you through the trials and difficulties of the
last days, and bring you to where you will walk with Christ in white, because
you are worthy. In the Word of God, studied and obeyed, we possess a spiritual
guide and instructor by which the worst forms of evil in ourselves may be
brought under the discipline of His law.If the teachings of this Word were
made the controlling influence in our lives, if mind and heart were brought
under its restraining power, the evils that now exist in churches and in families
would find no place. Upon converted households the purest blessings would
descend, and from these households an influence would go forth that would
make God’s people a power on the side of truth....
Now is the time to watch and pray, to put away all self-indulgence, all
pride, all selfishness. The precious moments that are now by many worse than
wasted should be spent in meditation and prayer....
On Christ’s coronation day He will not acknowledge as His any who bear
spot or wrinkle or any such thing. But to His faithful ones He will give crowns
of immortal glory.
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