I agree. Drew. ----- Original Message ----- From: "DREW PARKER III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 8:59 AM Subject: {dbilg} Re: God's Moral looking Glass
It sure would be wonderful if all of us would pay as much attention to what is inside of us such as morals and ethicsasmost would women do about their outward appearance. an ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carleeta Manser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 3:34 AM Subject: {dbilg} God's Moral looking Glass > > God's Moral Looking Glass > > But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth > therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man > shall be blessed in his deed. James 1:25. > > At Dusseldorf we changed cars, [WRITTEN DURING A JOURNEY IN EUROPE.] > and were obliged to wait two hours in the depot. Here we had an > opportunity > to study human nature. The ladies came in, changed their outer wraps, and > then surveyed themselves on every side, to see that their dress was > faultless. Then extra touches of powder must be put upon their faces. Long > they lingered before the mirror in order to arrange their outward apparel > to > their satisfaction for the purpose of appearing their best when looked > upon > by human eyes. I thought of the law of God, the great moral looking glass > into which the sinner is to look to discover the defects of his character. > If all would study the law of God--the moral standard of character--as > diligently and critically as many do their outward appearance by means of > the looking glass, with a purpose to correct and reform every defect of > character, what transformations would most assuredly take place in them. > "For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man > beholding his natural face in a glass: for he beholdeth himself, and goeth > his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was" (James > 1:23, > 24).... > > There are many who view themselves as defective in character when they > look into God's moral mirror, His law, but they have heard so much of "All > you have to do is to believe" ... that after venturing to look into the > mirror they straightway go from it retaining all their defects, with the > words on their lips, "Jesus has done it all." These are represented by the > figure that James has marked out--the man beholding himself and going away > and forgetting what manner of man he was.... Faith and works are the two > oars that must be used to urge the bark against the current of > worldliness, > pride, and vanity; and if these are not used, the boat will drift with the > current downward to perdition. God help us to take care of the inward > adorning, to set the heart in order as carefully as we arrange the outward > apparel. > >>From That I May Know Him - Page 295 > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Deaf-Blind Inspirational Life Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/DBILG?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
