It is a Life of Abiding Peace John 14:27 “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 16:33 “These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye might…
It is a Life of Adulterous Infidelity James 4:4 “Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.” 1 John 2:15-16 “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the…
It is a Life of Protracted Infancy The carnal Christian never grows up. Stunted and dwarfed, he remains a mere “babe in Christ.” 1 Corinthians 3:1-2 “And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and…
The up and down line in the diagram is photographic. It is almost cruelly self-revealing. It visualizes the average church member. It is like a costly picture cheaply framed or an exquisite garment illy fitted. One look tells you that something is wrong, and no matter how often you look, it never seems right….
That God has made ample provision in Christ for each person to live his life on the highest plane is evident from our previous studies. But that every believer does not exercise this privilege needs no argument. We feel how far short of it we ourselves fall, and we observe the low spiritual level…