II Corinthians 4:5-7
"For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, Who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us."
July 13th
"IF ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you!" John 15:7
Again the DOUBLE: the DOing and the KEEPing. It is RIGHTeousness in our every thought, word, and deed, because we LOVE Him (and His).
...It depends on our degree of LOVE for Him and for His, how far we enter into sacrifice (of the matters in life which man is prone to think are his to enjoy). Where the love is sufficiently deep, the sacrifice becomes a JOY – because it is born of true LOVE.
Faith and Love divine are twins...
GOD is the Father thereof.
The human heart provides the "womb" for the "twins" to come into factual being.
As these twins grow in stature and "in favor with God and man," they BRIDGE HEAVEN AND EARTH that the "Kingdom of God" may flourish here – unto the Reestablishment of His Edenic Paradise.
Where there is LOVE divine, there is no sin nor crime; neither want.
Where there is faith divine, sickness knows no nest; Truth and Beauty dwell at rest.
Discourses #9