[Manna - October 6]
Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of: the Son of man came not to destroy men's lives but to save them. Luke 9:55,56
SO with all of the Lord's disciples: their continual
study should be to avoid that hypercritical disposition
to sentence and to destroy other people while
desiring mercy for themselves.
The rule which the
Lord establishes is that we must expect from Him
mercy only in proportion as we shall exercise this
grace toward others....The fault-finding disposition
that is ready to accuse and condemn everybody, indicates
a wrong condition of heart—one which all the
Lord's people should be on guard against....Mercy,
goodness, love, are the elements of character which
He desires to see in the spiritual Israelites, and without
which we cannot long continue to be His children. Z.'04-43 R3316:4,6