Holding Fast to Christ, the Ladder
For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:11. We ascend to heaven by climbing the ladder—the whole height of Christ’s work—step by step. There must be a holding fast to Christ, a climbing up by the merits of Christ. […]
Make Your Calling and Election Sure
For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Peter 1:8. The only safety for the Christian is to be unwearied in his efforts to live on the plan of addition. The apostle shows the […]
Charity the Topmost Round
And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. Colossians 3:14. The next step in the ladder is charity. Add “to brotherly kindness charity,” which is love. Love to God and love to our neighbor constitute the whole duty of man. Without brotherly kindness we cannot exhibit the grace of […]
The Virtue of Brotherly Kindness
And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. 2 Peter 1:7. The Word of God enjoins upon every one of His children: “Be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous.” 1 Peter 3:8. Now unless godliness was added to patience man would not […]
“To Patience Godliness”
For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. 1 Timothy 4:8. Having added patience to temperance, we are then to ascend the ladder of progress and add to patience godliness. This is the very outgrowth of […]
The Perfect Work of Patience
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. James 1:3, 4. The apostle says we succeed in the grace of temperance that we may add patience. Patience under trials will keep us from saying and doing those […]
