When the Master returns to his estate in what condition will he find his affairs? Things done decently and in order? Or shall he find many wasting their time, hurting their fellow brethren and sisters by pointless and embittering controversy, instead of redeeming the evil days by the consolations of the truth? Many distractions will rob the Christian of their masters favour when he comes in great Glory.
May will see too late that instead of imbibing (drinking :) ) the sincere milk of the word, they have been feeding on ashes; that instead of dispensing a portion of meat to the household in due season, they have been giving them gall and vinegar; that instead of strengthening the hands of fellowlabourers, they have been casting stumbling-blocks in the paths of the weak, and discouraging the hearts of the strong; that instead of rejoicing in the Lord, they have been fretting their lives with barren contentions; that instead of filling up a good account with works of humility and mercy and faith, they have been sowing a harvest of envy and strife and every evil fruit; that instead of helping to purify a peculiar people, zealous of good works, their influence has been only mischievous, and that continually—obstructing the work of the Lord, pulling down the work already done, and throwing clouds and darkness over the beacon intended to guide the feet of the stranger to life eternal. Let us here at CB aim to be out of the ranks of this number, that the Lord at His coming, may approve our faithfulness in small things and give us work to do.
As one of my fellow students often voices..."much work to be done!"
Purity
May will see too late that instead of imbibing (drinking :) ) the sincere milk of the word, they have been feeding on ashes; that instead of dispensing a portion of meat to the household in due season, they have been giving them gall and vinegar; that instead of strengthening the hands of fellowlabourers, they have been casting stumbling-blocks in the paths of the weak, and discouraging the hearts of the strong; that instead of rejoicing in the Lord, they have been fretting their lives with barren contentions; that instead of filling up a good account with works of humility and mercy and faith, they have been sowing a harvest of envy and strife and every evil fruit; that instead of helping to purify a peculiar people, zealous of good works, their influence has been only mischievous, and that continually—obstructing the work of the Lord, pulling down the work already done, and throwing clouds and darkness over the beacon intended to guide the feet of the stranger to life eternal. Let us here at CB aim to be out of the ranks of this number, that the Lord at His coming, may approve our faithfulness in small things and give us work to do.
As one of my fellow students often voices..."much work to be done!"
Purity
