By James Hudson Taylor
For a few years those chapters had no exact curiosity to me; yet i have not ceased to be grateful that i used to be early resulted in learn the notice of God in typical direction: it was once via this behavior that those chapters first grew to become especially important to me. i used to be traveling on a missionary travel within the province of Cheh-kiang, and needed to move the evening in a truly depraved city. all of the lodges have been dreadful locations; and the folks looked as if it would have their consciences seared, and their hearts sealed opposed to the reality.
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Possible to live as though we were; devotion to GOD is still a voluntary thing; hence the differences of attainment among Christians. While salvation is a free gift, the "winning CHRIST" can only be through unreserved consecration and unquestioning obedience. Nor is this a hardship, but the highest privilege. Let us now look into the law of the Nazarite. IMPLICIT OBEDIENCE: verses 3, 4. "He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
There is none like unto the GOD of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in His excellency on the sky. " Ofttimes where the love of earthly parents has not failed, yet have they been powerless to bless and to keep. The cruel tyrant has tortured the parent in torturing the child; while there has been no power to deliver. And in the presence of human want or suffering how impotent has the strongest human love oft proved to be! Not so the love of our heavenly FATHER: His resources and His power are as inexhaustible as His love; and they are blest and kept indeed whom He deigns to bless and keep.
Oh, the thirst with which we had sat down, but oh, the joy with which we sprang from our seat, praising the LORD that the thirsting days were all past, and past for ever! " Perhaps, however, we should draw attention to the words of CHRIST, "whosoever drinketh"; not drank--once for all--but "drinketh," that is habitually: as in chap. vii. , keep believing--should receive. Is it not sad that so free a gift should be so little esteemed, so often neither enjoyed nor sought after? " Would that each reader would accept the gift now, and evermore enjoy it, to the glory of GOD.