A Voice in the Wilderness
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*** MORSEL EXTRAS ***
Re: Hypocrite or Christian?
The hypocrite hearkens more after eloquence than substance....The
Christian looks most to the power of the word; he...weighs the matter
rather than the manner, and regards the message more than the
messenger. The one falls down before man, the other before God.
Comforts, promises, and general truths he [the hypocrite] loves; the
doctrine of the cross he hates....The Christian hears all God's word,
loves to be smitten...[and cries], "Search me, and try my heart."
--John Fletcher
"Therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet
before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets,
that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have
their reward. (Mt6:2)
"But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and all manner of
herbs, and pass by justice and the love of God. These you ought to have
done, without leaving the others undone. (Lk11:42)
[Paul's] epistles..in which are some things hard to understand, which
those who are untaught and unstable twist to their own destruction, as
they do also the rest of the Scriptures. (2Pt3:16)
Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day. (Ps119:97)
How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your
word. Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin
against You... Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know
my anxieties; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in
the way everlasting. (Ps119:9,11; 139:23-24)
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