Cultivating God’s Garden
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Romans 12:2. Man, fallen man, may be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that he can “prove what is that good, […]
A Submissive Will
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. John 7:17. Those who have yielded their will to God are trained in Christ’s school…. They are disciplined to habits of obedience, to do service to God. We are not creatures […]
When My Will Is Safe
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. Romans 6:22. The Spirit of God does not create new faculties in the converted man, but works a decided change in the employment of those faculties. When mind and heart and soul […]
The True Force of the Will
For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. 2 Corinthians 8:12. Pure religion has to do with the will. The will is the governing power in the nature of man, bringing all the other faculties under its sway. […]
Preparing for the Higher School
Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. Psalm 25:5. Those who in this earth become sons of God sit together with Christ in the preparatory school, getting ready to be received into the higher school. Day by day […]
Learning in Christ’s School
What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. Psalm 25:12. Jesus has opened a school for the education and training of His chosen ones, and they are ever to be learning to practice the lessons that He gives them, in order that they may […]