Don’t Be A Dim Lighthouse

J.C. Ryle 90x115by J.C. Ryle

Settle it down in your mind that you will aim at the highest degree of holiness, spiritual-mindedness, and consecration to God—that you will not be content with any low degree of sanctification. Resolve that, by the grace of God, you will make Christianity beautiful in the eyes of the world. Remember that the children of the world have but few patterns of true religion before them. Oh, that every true Christian would recollect that he is set as a lighthouse in the midst of a dark world, and would labor so to live that every part of him may reflect light, and no side be dim!

by J.C. Ryle

November 30th, 2012

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You Are Trespassing On Forbidden Ground!

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"Whatever is not of faith–is sin!" Romans 14:23

This is one of Paul’s hard sayings. While these words were spoken with reference to the eating of foods–they contains a principle which covers the whole of the Christian life. This is an excellent direction for holy living. It means that if you engage in anything which cannot be done with implicit faith and confidence in God–it is sin!

In the building and furnishing of your home; in the buying of any merchandise; in the clothing and feeding of your body; in your conversations, recreations, amusements, entertainments, and social gatherings–if there is not innocent, child-like, heart-felt faith in Christ–then you are trespassing on forbidden ground!

All must be surrendered to God. There is to be no wishing for this or that. There are to be no choosings of what we shall do, or what we shall have–nor any self-seeking, self-love, or self-desire.

"Whatever is not of faith–is sin!"

by Charles Ebert Orr