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father, a hero of many battles in a great war, “Grandad, I sure would love to be a soldier and a hero, if I just knew I wouldn’t get hurt .”—Alliance Weekly. III. C ostly F ollow ing Two young soldiers were talking about the service of Christ. One of them said: “I can’t tell you all that the Lord Jesus is to me. I do wish that you would enlist in His army.” “I am thinking about it,” answered his comrade, “but it means giving up several things; in fact, I am counting the cost.” An officer, passing at that moment, heard the remark, and laying his hand on the shoulder of the speaker, he said: “Young friend, you talk of counting the cost of fol lowing Christ, but have you ever counted the cost of not following Him?” For days that question rang in the ears of the young man, and he found no rest till he sought and found it at the foot of the Saviour of sinners, whose faithful soldier and servant he has now been for twenty- seven years .—Christian Witness. AUGUST 22, 1937 HONESTY THAT MAKES NO EXCEPTIONS God’s hatred of dishonesty and falsehood is forcibly revealed in His judgment of Ananias and Sapphira who lied to the Holy Spirit. Although God does not now show His displeasure by instantly taking the lives of deceivers, His righteousness still re quires that sin must be punished. For the Christian, the death penalty has been borne already by the Lord Jesus Christ. But un confessed sin in the life of a Christian merits and brings the Lord’s chastisement in this present life, though the believer “himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire” (1 Cor. 3:15). The Word of God states specifically that “a lying tongue” is an abomination to the Lord (Prov. 6:16, 17). Because of His holy and righteous nature, God must at one time or another judge the violators of His immutable counsel, for He changes not; He is the same “yesterday, to day, and for ever.” A modern philosophy is expressed in the maxim, “Honesty is the best policy.” One whose ideals reach no higher level than this selfish motive is bound to make excep tions. If one’s actions are governed by a flexible code of morals, it may seem justi fiably expedient to deviate from strict hon esty under certain circumstances. But the Lord 'God, who sees and knows what is done in secret, cannot countenance that which savors of duplicity; He knows the thoughts and intents of the heart. Chris tians must “provide things honest in the sight of all men” (Rom. 12:17). The per son who has been born again through faith in Christ Jesus can be expected' to be transparently honest in every detail of his life. The reason is that the Holy Spirit progressively makes believers conformable to Christ, delivering them from the works of the devil which formerly characterized their lives. Temptations to do minor shady things A cts 5:1-11; H ebrews 13:18 Meditation on the Lesson
come to Christians daily. The “white lie” of the business man and the bit of cheating on a student’s examination are alike unbe coming to the child of God, for “if any man be in Christ.. . . old things are passed away.” Do our lives represent the new life in Christ which is without malice and without hypocrisy, a life which truly adorns the gospel ?
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