The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-12

~; Heb. 4, 30, on, ana the attitude o.
increasing prayer is our great privilege ~
well az necessity Il Thess. ', IL; Hob. ~,
lo).
10. distributing to tho necessity Of
saints, given 10 hospitality" II one
should be asked why he worked 20 hard
early and lato at his daily toll, and should
reply, "That may have to give TO him
that needeth,r he might seem to be lit
tie unbalanced In his mind, but he would
be talking, a. well a. living, according to
tho Scriptures (Eph. ". 2S).
IA. "f3less them which persccute you
bless and curse not" Now this IL easy
talking, but the practice Of 1t is not SO
| popular Is to have as yet become the fish
lon. It Is, however, the plain teaching Of
our Lord (Math. y, ~, and He always
| practiced whnt He preached. II His life
| is to be made manifest In us, this phase
Of II IL surely included. 1t was beautifully
manifest In Stephen when he In the midst
Of their persecution looked like an angel
and acted like the Lord Himself (Acts vi,
is; vii, 60).
TO- "Rcjoicc with them that do rejoice,
and weep with them that weep" The
unity OF tho body Of Christ Is such that
when the members arc abiding in Him II
one member suffers all suffer with that
one, and II one member DO honored all
the members rejoice with 1t Il Cor. Xii
a6). This is as 1t should be, but where Is
1t seen? What, then, ails the bodyp Is 1t
as In Phil. II, 81, ''All seek their own, not
the things which are Jesus Cbrist'sY' II
so, how can the body expect tho blessing
Of the Head? Let each ask himself, Am
] a healthy member Of His body or grief
to Hmm
10. BE OF the same mind one toward
another. Mind not high things, but con
descend to men OF low estate. DO not wise
In your own conceits." On tho second
clause the margin says, BE contcnted
with mean things" The margin of the
X. V. says, 30 carried away with them
that are lowly" II we will allow our.
selves to be carried away with Him who
Is meek and lowly, who made Himself of
no reputation and humbled Himself unto
death for u.s. He will surely take possession
of us and manifest His life In u.s.
IL. "Rocompense to no man evil for
evil. Provide things honest In the sight Of
all men" Not rendering evil for evil, but
contrariwise, blessing, knowing that ye
are therounto called that ye should inherit
blessing Il Pet lii, %. Providing for
honest things, not only in tho sight of tbs
Lord but also In the sight Of men Oh Cor.
VIII, I'D. Whatsoever things are true,
honest, just, lovely, we are to think on
these things phil. iy, 81.
Is. IF it be possible, as much as 10th in
you, live peaccably with all men" This
seems very carefully worded, There arc
those who know nothing of peace, they
seem born for war, and yet somehow they
get united to or mixed up with those who
arc for peace, and tho peaceful party seems
to be In good school for the cultivation
OF patience. Well, we must 'let the peace
OF 6od rule in our hearts" and be thankful
that lio Is able TO subduo, for Ho Is thu
Prince of Peace (Col. III, 10 Phil. i'll, 21)
~ Dearly beloved, avenge not your.
selves, but rather give place unto wrath,
for 10 Is written, Vengeance is mine; |
viii repay, smith the Lord" This certainly
cannot mean that we arc to be satisfied
with getting angry, but without taking
vengeance. Rather, as in the II. V. mar
GIN give place to the wrath Of God. Let
Him take charge Of all the wrath and
vengeance business.
20. Therefore, II thine enemy hunger,
iced him; II he thirst, give him drink, for
IN SO doing thou shalt heap Goals of fire on
his head This Is quotation from Prov.
XIV, 81, 20, but the last clause of that
passage is omitted, 1.-The Lord shall reward
thee.
81 BE not overcome Of evil, but over
come evil with good Tho ornament OF
n meek and quiet spirit is in the sight Of
God of grcnt price Il Pet. ill, ~, and tho
meek and iowly one who when He was re-
yiled, reviled not again; when He suffered.
He threatened not viii work In us this
spirit and live in us this life whenever wo
AFRO willing that He should The word
transformed" in verse of this chapter
Is the same word that is translated trans
ngured" in Math. xvii, o; Mark TX, 2, and
are changed in ii Cor. Iii, is, and 1t is
used only In these four places. Tho last
passage seems to me to show the only way
TO be thus transflgurcd; therefore let us
go on 'beholding Him" until we see Him
face to face and then we shall BIO like Him
Il John Iii, ?)
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