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In the Footsteps of Jesus, June 28
Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees;
and make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be
turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
Hebrews 12:12, 13
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The efficiency of Satan’s kingdom is found in the blending together
of satanic forces to extend the contagion of evil; but the Lord Jesus has
devised a plan whereby He may work counter to the work of Satan. He
designs to imbue His human agents, the subjects of His kingdom, with the
principles of love and unity. With sanctified heart they are to build one
another up and strengthen and extend that which is good. Reciprocating
Christ’s love, they are to deal in the goods of heaven. His church is to bear
His superscription, and thus testify to the world that God has sent His Son
to be the Saviour of the world.... Love is to be interwoven as threads of
gold in all their actions.
Every Christian who is happy in the Lord will work zealously to bring
the same happiness into the heart and life of one who is in need and
affliction. Followers of Christ will produce their own happiness in the
hearts of others by performing Christlike works. They will diffuse an
atmosphere which is pure, peaceful, and Christlike. They will act out
heavenly attributes, and will produce fruit after the heavenly kind and
quality. That which they sow they shall also reap.
It is essential that every soul that names the name of Christ should
make straight paths for his feet. Why? Lest the lame be turned out of the
way. It is a terrible, terrible thing to give a soul a wrong example, and
to lead him in a crooked course by the way in which you may walk....
Whatever you may see others doing that your judgment convicts you as
being unseemly for a Christian, see to it that you never do the same things
yourself.... Just as long as you will follow in the footsteps of Jesus, you
will walk securely....
We must look on the faults of others not to condemn, but to restore
and heal. Watch unto prayer, go forward and upward, catching more and
more of the spirit of Jesus, and sowing the same beside all waters.
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