“Be clothed with humility” (1 Pet. 5: 5; AV)—a
garment that fits every believer in every country and never grows
old.
Christianity is not just about loving, but also
not loving (see 1 John 2: 15).
In thinking of the coming of the Lord, we should
desire that we might not merely be taken, but, like Enoch, as having
pleased God (see Heb. 11: 5).
Loving thy neighbour as thyself (see Matt. 19:
19) is not now the standard but “that ye love one
another, as I have loved you” (John 13: 34).
“The cup which the Father has given me, shall I
not drink it?” (John 18: 11) is the spirit of the burnt offering.
“My Father, if it be possible let this cup pass from me” (Matt. 26:
39) is the contemplation of His place as the sin offering.
“All things work together for good” (Rom. 8:
28)—not independently, but together, the pleasant and
the unpleasant.
The testimony is entrusted to faithful men (see 2
Tim. 2: 2) for the truth has not been kept by the public body.
In Exod. 30: 6 the altar of incense (speaking of
prayer) was before the veil, in 1 Kings 6: 22 it was by the oracle,
and in Rev. 8: 3 it is before the throne.
I can only wash feet with water I have got for
myself (see Col. 3: 16).
