In The Steps of Jesus
“But we all, with unveiled face reflecting as a mirror the glory of the Lord, are
changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the
Lord.”--2 COR. iii. 18 (Revised Version).
I suppose there is almost no one who would deny, if it were put to him, that the
greatest possible attainment a man can make in this world is likeness to The Lord
Jesus Christ. Certainly no one would deny that there is nothing but character that
we can carry out of life with us, and that our prospect of good in any future life will
certainly vary with the resemblance of our character to that of Jesus Christ, which is
to rule the whole future. We all admit that; but almost every one of us offers to
himself some apology for not being like Christ, and has scarcely any clear reality of
aim of becoming like Him. Why, we say to ourselves, or we say in our practice, it is
really impossible in a world such as ours is to become perfectly holy. One or two
men in a century may become great saints; given a certain natural disposition and
given exceptionally favouring circumstances, men may become saintly;
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changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the
Lord.”--2 COR. iii. 18 (Revised Version).
I suppose there is almost no one who would deny, if it were put to him, that the
greatest possible attainment a man can make in this world is likeness to The Lord
Jesus Christ. Certainly no one would deny that there is nothing but character that
we can carry out of life with us, and that our prospect of good in any future life will
certainly vary with the resemblance of our character to that of Jesus Christ, which is
to rule the whole future. We all admit that; but almost every one of us offers to
himself some apology for not being like Christ, and has scarcely any clear reality of
aim of becoming like Him. Why, we say to ourselves, or we say in our practice, it is
really impossible in a world such as ours is to become perfectly holy. One or two
men in a century may become great saints; given a certain natural disposition and
given exceptionally favouring circumstances, men may become saintly;
In The Steps of Jesus
“But we all, with unveiled face reflecting as a mirror the glory of the Lord, are
changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the
Lord.”--2 COR. iii. 18 (Revised Version).
I suppose there is almost no one who would deny, if it were put to him, that the
greatest possible attainment a man can make in this world is likeness to The Lord
Jesus Christ. Certainly no one would deny that there is nothing but character that
we can carry out of life with us, and that our prospect of good in any future life will
certainly vary with the resemblance of our character to that of Jesus Christ, which is
to rule the whole future. We all admit that; but almost every one of us offers to
himself some apology for not being like Christ, and has scarcely any clear reality of
aim of becoming like Him. Why, we say to ourselves, or we say in our practice, it is
really impossible in a world such as ours is to become perfectly holy. One or two
men in a century may become great saints; given a certain natural disposition and
given exceptionally favouring circumstances, men may become saintly;
changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the
Lord.”--2 COR. iii. 18 (Revised Version).
I suppose there is almost no one who would deny, if it were put to him, that the
greatest possible attainment a man can make in this world is likeness to The Lord
Jesus Christ. Certainly no one would deny that there is nothing but character that
we can carry out of life with us, and that our prospect of good in any future life will
certainly vary with the resemblance of our character to that of Jesus Christ, which is
to rule the whole future. We all admit that; but almost every one of us offers to
himself some apology for not being like Christ, and has scarcely any clear reality of
aim of becoming like Him. Why, we say to ourselves, or we say in our practice, it is
really impossible in a world such as ours is to become perfectly holy. One or two
men in a century may become great saints; given a certain natural disposition and
given exceptionally favouring circumstances, men may become saintly;
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| BN ID: | 2940015906264 |
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| Publisher: | Alan Smith |
| Publication date: | 11/04/2012 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 69 |
| File size: | 397 KB |
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