"If You Love ME, You Will Keep MY Commandments."

Every word is practical
(J.R. Miller)

I have restrained my feet from every 
evil way, that I may keep YOUR 
Word."   Psalm 119:101 

We must not merely read the Bible--

but strive that we may obey it. 

If the Bible is not the guide of our life--

it is nothing to us. 

Its truths are to be applied. 

If we read the Beatitudes, 

we are to compare ourselves 

with their Divine requirements--

and seek to be conformed to them. 

If we come upon a Scripture 

which rebukes any sinful habit 

or attitude of ours--

we are immediately to make 

the needed amendment. 

We are to accept its promises, 

believe them, and act upon them. 

We are to allow its comforts 

to enter our hearts, and 

support us in sorrow. 

There is nothing written in the Bible, 

merely for ornament or beauty. 

Every word is practical. 

There is no truth in it which 

has not some bearing upon 

actual living. When we come 

to it eager to know how to live, 

and ready to obey its precepts--

we shall find it opening its 

inmost meaning to us.

"If you love ME, you will keep 
MY commandments." John 14:15 

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GraceGems has published J.C. Ryle's practical article,
 "We must be holy!"