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O ctober 1928
“Let love be without dissimulation. Ab hor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good" (v. 9). Christianity is some thing that affects the details o f conduct. Alas, there are many who sing about be ing on “higher ground” whose lives, on the plane where they do business with others, bear no resemblance to the things here required of a Christian! “ By their fruits ye shall know them said our Lord. The world has no other way to tell who the real Christians are. The Moffatt translation says: “ Let love be a real thing" This is the mean ing o f “without dissimulation.” There is too ;much hypocritical love in the church —two much two-faced business. Some would seem to have one face that smiles at you and another that sticks out the tongue at you when your back is turned. This is not Christianity. . True Christians will be “ kindly affec- honed’ (v. 10). There are different kinds of brotherhood. A man may address a man as “Brother Jones,” yet he would not sit beside him or recognize him outside of the church. There is a kind o f hand shake that hands a man away—a shake for duty’s sake. Is that Christian brother hood? Dr. Parker rightly said: “We may know how far up in heaven any man has been by the gentleness, loveliness, purity and beauty o f his social behavior.” Verse 11 is the favorite motto o f some business men: “N ot slothful in business." It so happens, however, that the word business used here has no commercial element in it, It refers to spiritual ac tivity; business with heaven. The fellow who cuts family devotions because he must attend to business, is not living up to this verse. There is one business in which we are to be perpetually engaged. Chris tianity has to do with all our business, for it is our main business. It is not
something for special occasions. It is to be like our breathing or the circulation of the blood, a very part of us. “ Continuing instant in prayer” (v. 12) is the hinge on which the whole manner of life here described, turns. It will most certainly take constant prayer to en able one to “ bless those which persecute him” (v. 14). This is the very echo o f the sermon on the mount, which some say is impossible o f practice in this age. “Be o f the same mind one toward an other” (v. 16). “ Condescend to men o f low estate." Christ was not a man o f one set. He could match intellect with the keenest men, yet if there was one class He paid little attention to, it was the blue-bloods. Those who are on business for Him, will follow His footsteps in go ing where the needy are, seeking to raise them to higher spiritual levels. Christ enables one to put his arm around a man whom he would naturally dislike. Those who mix only with those of their own social standing and intellectual status, are not like their Master. “Provide things honest in the sight of all men” (v. 17). We find some strange standards of honesty in ■our clay—somc- times among professing Christians. It was said o f one professing Christian that ‘ he was as honest as the day is long—the only trouble being that he cut loose at night.” At a banquet o f brokers, the Hon orable James B. Duke, philanthropist, said not long ago: “My grandfather used to say, ‘To climb high, keep on the level.’ ” The Literary Digest recently reported a test made o f the honesty o f prominent men in London. A ten-dollar bill was sent to each of ten clergymen, ten lawyers, ten journalists,, and ten scientists. The send- ' er represented that he desired to adjust an error “complained o f in your account.” This was a wholly false reference, used
simply as a test of honesty. Seven of the ministers promptly returned the money. Five of the lawyers did likewise, as did four o f the journalists. None of the scientists returned the money. The bets had been made that the preachers would show the poorest percentage of returns. “A s much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men” (v. 18). It takes two to quarrel. The« Christian will keep peace on his side “if it be possible ”—that is, unless a vital principle is involved, necessitating his taking a stand in the power o f the Spirit o f God. Loyalty to Christ some times brings a sword instead of peace. Whatever the circumstances, it can never be right for a Christian to “avenge himself’ (v. 19). We are commanded to “give place unto wrath” (God’s wrath). “ Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord." ' Let God handle His own busi ness, and you will surely be saved from the disastrous consequences o f trying to square yourself with another in the energy o f the flesh. The best way to destroy an enemy is by the victory of love. Do a favor for your enemy (v. 20) . It was said of Gladstone that the surest way to make him do an act of gracious friendliness, was to try to in jure him. This is Christianity. If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if thirsty, give him drink. “In so doing thou shalt heap coals o f fire on his head.” It will, like no other coursdjjbring him a burning sense o f shame. “ Overcome evil with good (v. 21). It takes health to fight disease. Fight with opposites; fire with water; error with truth, hatred with love. This is the war fare which tells in the empire of sin. No one ever overcame a bad spirit in another by showing a bad spirit himself. Have we learned that we cannot throw fire without scorching, ourselves?' Many a
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