Go dogs, and eat the garbage! (Charles Spurgeon, "The Soul Winner")
"So that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe." Philippians 2:15
I believe that one reason why the church at this present moment has so little influence over the world, is because the world has so much influence over the church! Nowadays, we hear professors pleading that they may do this, and do that--that they may live like worldlings. My sad answer to them, when they crave this liberty is, "Do it if you dare. It may not cost you much hurt, for you are so bad already. Your cravings show how rotten your hearts are. If you are hungering after such dogs food--go dogs, and eat the garbage! Worldly amusements are fit food for pretenders and hypocrites. If you were God's children, you would loathe the thought of the world's evil joys. Your question would not be, "How far may we be like the world?" but your cry would be, "How can we get away from the world? Howcan we come out of it?"
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable,if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things." Philippians 4:8
I love it. A great reminder-the church is much to like the world.
3 comments:
"Talking" the "Talk" is soooo easy. "Walking' the "walk" is a lifetime of tiny victories always overshadowed by huge failures......may we ever be thanking God, who always nudges us on, to never give up the race for the PRIZE set before us.....Eternal Life WIth Him !
WHEN O LORD WILL YOU TAKE ME HOME AND RID ME OF THIS PLACE OF SIN, WICKEDNESS, AND CONSTANT STRUGGLES!!!
Yes I Amen those cries of the saints and will rejoice on that glorious day....
reminds me of ROM 7:14-20
Up north We had an awesome Bible descusion (Fri night) on amusement and is it wrong to bring people to churches who go to be etertained.
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