Results from Eating the Bread of Life
So faith, hope, love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
1 Cor. 13:13, RSV.
We have an abundance of sermonizing. What is most needed . . . is love for
perishing souls, that love which comes in rich currents from the throne of
God. True Christianity diffuses love through the whole being. It touches
every vital part, the brain, the heart, the helping hands, the feet,
enabling men to stand firmly where God requires them to stand, so that they
will not make crooked paths for their feet, lest the lame be turned out of
the way. The burning, consuming love of Christ for perishing souls is the
life of the whole system of Christianity.
What is the Bible interpretation of God? "God is love." By giving Christ to
our world, God manifested His love for mankind. "God so loved the world,
that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should
not perish, but have everlasting life." Yes, "everlasting life." This is the
love which is the fulfilling of the law. Only he whose heart is filled with
compassion for fallen man, who loves to a purpose, showing his love by the
performance of Christlike deeds, will be able to endure the seeing of Him
who is invisible. He only who loves his fellowmen to a purpose can know God.
He who loves not those for whom the Father has done so much know not God.
This is the reason there is so little genuine vitality in our churches.
Theology is valueless unless it is saturated with the love of Christ.
God is supreme. His love in the human heart will lead to the doing of work
that will bear fruit after the similitude of the character of God. . . .
"Charity [love] suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly,
seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not
in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth." O blessed leaves of the tree of
life! "And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest
of these is charity."
"Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name,"
because our Guidebook is so very plain and definite. Others may not follow
the plain "It is written," which Christ used on every occasion to meet the
fallen foe, but let us follow the Saviour's example. The less we give
expression to our own human opinions, the purer and more marked with grace
will be our conversation. The Lord calls for sanctified speech, because it
is a savor of life unto life (letter 156, 1900). {LHU 134.6}
>From Lift Him Up - Page 134
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