Christian Theology - Media Sabda Org

But he is found in his temple, where two or three are gathered together in
his name, in secret prayer, in self-denial, in fasting, in self-examination.
He also dwells in the humble, contrite spirit, in the spirit of faith, of love,
of forgiveness, of universal obedience: in a word, he dwells in the heaven
of heavens, whither he graciously purposes to bring thee, if thou wilt
come and learn of him, and receive the salvation which he has bought for
thee with his own blood.
The church or chapel in which the blind and lame are not healed has
no Christ in it, and is not worthy of attendance.
Those who come, under the influence of God's Spirit, to places of
public worship, will undoubtedly meet with Him who is the comfort and
salvation of Israel.
The soul that relishes God's word is ever growing in grace by it.
Those who suppose themselves to excel all others in piety,
understanding, &c., while they are harsh, censorious, and overbearing,
prove that they have not the charity that "thinketh no evil;" and in the
sight of God are only "as sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal." There
are no people more censorious or uncharitable than those among some
religious people who pretend to more light and a deeper communion with
God. They are generally carried away with a sort of sublime highsounding
phraseology, which seems to argue a wonderfully deep
acquaintance with divine things: stripped of this, many of them are like
Samson without his hair.
The mere preaching of the gospel has done much to convince and
convert sinners; but the lives of the sincere followers of Christ, as
illustrative of the truth of these doctrines, have done much more. Truth
represented in action seems to assume a body, and thus renders itself
palpable. In heathen countries, which are under the dominion of Christian
powers, the gospel, though established there, does little good, because of
the profane and irreligious lives of those who profess it. Why has not the