In the Spirit's Power - William W. Prescott

very character of your being. It is in the inmost
thought, the inner self, where character dwells.
Man may be restrained by outward forms from
expressing himself; he may be but a whited
sepulchre. And if the sepulchre is whitewashed
outside, Caesar has nothing to say; he cannot enter
into the temple of the heart and control thought.
Jesus Christ sets up His kingdom in the mind; His
subjects are the thoughts of the heart, and no one is
pure in God’s sight unless his very thought is pure;
no one is free from transgression unless his very
thoughts are in harmony with God. Says the
Scripture, “Casting down imaginations and every
high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge
of God, and bringing into captivity every thought
to the obedience of Christ.” 2 Cor. 10:5. That is
religion and Jesus Christ can do that for us. But
when Caesar has attempted to invade the realm of
the mind, when he has stepped out of his place and
tried to control what only Jesus Christ can control,-
-the inmost thoughts of the heart,--then we have
had written in blood some of the darkest pages of
human history.
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