“FINALLY, BRTHREN, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE TRUE, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE HONEST, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE JUST, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE PURE, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE LOVELY, WHATSOEVER THINGS ARE OF GOOD REPORT, IF THERE BE ANY VIRTUE, AND IF THERE BE ANY PRAISE, THINK ON THESE THINGS.” (PHILIPPIANS 4:8).
IF WE ALLOW THE WORD OF GOD TO GUIDE US IN HOW WE THINK, SPEAK AND ACT, WE CONTINUOUSLY ENJOY THAT PEACE THAT SURPASSES ALL HUMAN UNDERSTANDING. WE ARE TO HOME IN ON THOSE QUALITIES, VIRTUES AND ACTS OF OTHERS THAT FIT THE DESCRIPTION GIVEN ABOVE EVEN IF WE HAVE TO RETURN TO THE DISTANT PAST IN OUR MEMORIES TO DO SO.
WE ARE TO FORGIVE OTHERS THEIR TRESPASSES AGAINST US ELSE GOD WARNS HE WILL NOT FORGIVE US WHEN WE SIN AGAINST HIM. WITH WHAT JUDGMENT WE JUDGE, GOD WILL JUDGE US. IF WE ARE QUICK TO JUDGE AND CONDEMN OTHERS, GOD WILL BE QUICK TO JUDGE AND CONDEMN US. TO GO THE WAY THE LORD GUIDES AND LEADS US IS THE ONLY REASONABLE WAY TO BEHAVE. GO THE WAY OF THE FLESH AND THIS EVIL WORLD AND WE WILL PAY BIG TIME FOR OUR FOLLY.
Christ’s Aged Servant (Galatians 1:10-12),
Donald Wiley