We Must Learn To Live

The Sermon On The Mount Is Not A Set Of Principles To Be Obeyed Apart From Identification With Jesus Christ. The Sermon On The Mount Is A Statement Of The Life We Will Live When The Holy Spirit Is Getting His Way With Us.

If There Were Never Any Clouds (sorrows And Sufferings) In Our Lives, We Would Have No Faith. God Does Not Come Near Us Without Clouds.

There Is A Vast Difference Between Devotion To A Person And Devotion To Principles Or To A Cause. Our Lord Never Proclaimed A Cause- He Proclaimed Personal Devotion To Himself. To Be A Disciple Is To Be A Devoted Bondservant Motivated By Love For The Lord Jesus.

Patience Has The Meaning Of Testing-a Thing Drawn Out And Tested, Drawn Out To The Last Strand In A Strain Without Breaking, And Ending In Sheer Joy. The Strain On A Violin String When Stretched To The Uttermost Gives It Its Strength; And The Stronger The Strain, The Finer Is The Sound Of Our Life For God, And He Never Strains More Than We Are Able To Bear.

Temptation Is A Suggested Short Cut To The Realization Of The Highest At Which I Aim - Not Towards What I Understand As Evil, But Towards What I Understand As Good.