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Living The New Life, September 9
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye
even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Matthew 7:12
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Christ came to teach us, not only what we ought to know and believe, but also
what we ought to do in our relations with God and with our fellow men. The
golden rule of equity demands that we do unto others as we would they should do
unto us. We are to keep their eternal interests in view, saying to ourselves, “They
are the purchase of the Saviour’s blood, bought with a price.”
In all our dealing with our fellow men, whether they be believers or unbelievers,
we are to treat them as Christ would treat them were He in our place. If it is for
our present and eternal good to obey the law of God, it will be for their present and
eternal good also to do this. Our highest aim is to be to them medical missionary
workers after Christ’s order....
All who enter through the pearly gates into the city of God must have set
forth Christ in all their dealings. It is this that constitutes them the messengers of
Christ, His witnesses. They are to bear a plain, decided testimony against all evil
practices, pointing them to the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the
world. He gives to all who receive Him, power to become the sons of God.
Regeneration is the only path by which we can reach the holy city. It is narrow
and the gate by which we enter is strait, but along it we are to lead men and
women and children, teaching them that in order to be saved, they must have a new
heart and a new spirit. The old hereditary traits of character are to be overcome.
The natural desires of the soul must be changed. All deception, all falsifying, all
evil-speaking must be put away. The new life, which makes men and women
Christlike, is to be lived. We are, as it were, to swim against the current of evil.
The way to heaven is narrow, hedged in by the divine law of Jehovah. Those
who follow this way must constantly deny self. They must obey the teachings of
Christ.... Let us not trust in man, but in Jesus Christ, who died that He might win
us to righteousness.
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