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Unashamed of Jesus, May 27
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of
God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first,
and also to the Greek.
Romans 1:16
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Many of the young have not the spirit of Jesus. The love of God is
not in their hearts, therefore all the natural besetments hold the victory
instead of the Spirit of God and salvation.
Those who really possess the religion of Jesus will not be ashamed
nor afraid to bear the cross before those who have more experience than
they. They will, if they earnestly long to be right, desire all the help
they can get from older Christians. Gladly will they be helped by them;
hearts that are warmed by love to God will not be hindered by trifles in
the Christian course. They will talk out what the Spirit of God works
in. They will sing it out, pray it out. It is the lack of religion, lack of
holy living, that makes the young backward. Their life condemns them.
They know they do not live as Christians should, therefore they have
not confidence toward God, or before the church.
We should speak of the mercy and loving-kindness of God, of the
matchless depths of the Saviour’s love. Our words should be words of
praise and thanksgiving. If the mind and heart are full of the love of
God, this will be revealed in the conversation. It will not be a difficult
matter to impart that which enters into our spiritual life.
Never be ashamed of your faith; never be found on the side of the
enemy. “Ye are the light of the world.”
Matthew 5:14
. Your faith is to be
revealed as precious truth, truth which all should have and all must have
if they are saved We should fight the good fight of faith, and be found
“stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord.”
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Corinthians 15:58
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The unstudied, unconscious influence of a holy life is the most
convincing sermon that can be given in favor of Christianity. Argument,
even when unanswerable, may provoke only opposition; but a godly
example has a power that it is impossible wholly to resist.
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