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with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to
answer every man.” “Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things
are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure,
whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if
there be any
virtue
, and if there be any
praise
, think on these things.”
There are enough profitable subjects upon which to meditate and
converse. The conversation of the Christian should be in heaven,
whence we look for the Saviour. Meditation upon heavenly things is
profitable, and will ever be accompanied with the peace and comfort
of the Holy Spirit. Our calling is holy, our profession exalted. God is
purifying unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. He
is sitting as a refiner and purifier of silver. When the dross and tin are
removed, then His image will be perfectly reflected in us. Then the
prayer of Christ for His disciples will be answered in us: “Sanctify
them through Thy truth: Thy word is truth.” When the truth has a
sanctifying influence upon our hearts and lives, we can render to
God acceptable service and can glorify Him upon the earth, being
partakers of the divine nature and having escaped the corruption that
is in the world through lust.
Oh, how many will be found unready when the Master shall
come to reckon with His servants! Many have meager ideas of what
constitutes a Christian. Self-righteousness will then be of no avail.
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Only those can stand the test who shall be found having on the
righteousness of Christ, who are imbued with His spirit, and walk
even as He walked, in purity of heart and life. The conversation
must be holy, and then the words will be seasoned with grace.
May the Lord help you as a family to get right, to be elevated in
life, and in all your acts to honor your profession.
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