[Manna - October 14]
To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. Proverbs 21:3
WE are to grow in love, and love is the principal
thing; but before we can make much development in
the cultivation of love, we must learn to be just, right,
righteous....It is a proper presentation of the matter
that is given in the proverb, that a man should be
just before he is generous.
It behooves the Lord's
people, therefore, the New Creation, that they study
this subject of justice continually and daily put into
practice the lessons inculcated in the divine Word....Such as get this proper foundation of character before
they begin to build love will find that they are
making progress properly.
All love that is founded
upon injustice or wrong ideas of righteousness is delusive,
is not the love which the Lord will require as
the test of discipleship. Z. '04-56,57 R3323:1