[Songs in the Night - December 8]
He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. Matthew 5:45
WHEN we read our text we see that it tells us
that as our God is gracious, loving, merciful, kind,
even to the unthankful, even to the unjust, even to
sinners, so we should be kind, generous, loving, should
do good unto all men as we have opportunity, and
especially to the household of faith.
This view of God
appeals to our hearts; and the more we study this God
of love, the more we realize that he is the only loving
and true God, and that all of our previous misconceptions
were unreal, unloving, untrue—gods of our own
manufacture—and the more do we see that civilized
lands have made creed idols with pen, type, ink, and
paper, more horrible than any which the heathen ever
made of iron, stone, brass, or clay....Let us hold fast
that which is good—the sure Word of God.
Let us
discard the human theories of the Dark Ages, which
greatly misrepresented to us the divine message.
Thus
we shall be giving heed to the Master's words: "Ye
shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you
free." Z'14-172 R5474:5 (Hymn 165)