[Songs in the Night - May 1]
I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. I Corinthians 2:2
WE BESEECH you, brethren, as you value the
glorious hope set before you in the Gospel, that you
give no heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils,
as the apostle terms them in I Timothy 4:1; but that,
with fixedness of purpose, you apply yourselves to the
one thing to which you are called and are privileged
to do as prospective members of that royal priesthood.
Let us never forget that we are a "peculiar people,"
separate from the great body of nominal Christians, as
well as from the world, having higher hopes, aims, and
ambitions, and favored with a clearer insight into the
deep things of God, having been called out of our
former darkness into his marvelous light.
And if thus
separate from the world and from Christians who
partake largely of the spirit of the world, what wonder
if we find them all out of harmony with us, and either
ignoring or opposing us! Z'16-307 R5970:1 (Hymn 313)