The application may be made
to all departments of life
(J.R. Miller, "Evening Thoughts" 1907)
"What are you doing more than
others?" Matthew 5:47
It is not enough for us to be as good as
others. We are not to take any other person
as our model, or anyone's life as our standard.
The only model life is JESUS CHRIST'S!
HE came to show us how to live.
It is not enough either for Christian
people to live just as well as unbelievers
live. Anybody may be kind to those they like--
but the Christian must be kind to people
he does not like!
What are you doing more than others--
when you are only kind to those
who are kind to you?
The application may be made
to all departments of life.
The Christian carpenter should do
better carpentering than the man
who is not a Christian.
The Christian plumber should do more
careful and conscientious plumbing than
the plumber who does not love CHRIST.
The Christian businessman should do
business more honestly than the
businessman who does not know CHRIST.
The Christian home should be
sweeter, kindlier, happier in every way--
than the home where CHRIST is
not a guest.
Always the question comes to us,
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