Christianity Begets Order and Decency
By J. W. Lowe
SOME one has said that order is heaven’s first law; and I am certain that a study of the planetary system, the human body, and the works of nature in general, will prove the truthfulness of that assertion. And if the greatest order is maintained in God’s creative works, we ought surely to preserve the greatest order possible in our every act of life. Individuals in their sinful state often act very disorderly; but when they are really converted and become Christians, their disorderly ways are displaced by those of order and decency. An improvement takes place, rather than degeneracy. The Holy Spirit coming into the life will not cause one to act less orderly and gracefully and sane than he did before its reception. There are two different spirits at work in this world; and when even professed Christians conduct themselves in a disorderly and unbecoming manner, we may know for a certainty that they are not controlled by the Spirit of God, for God is not the author of disorder or confusion or indecency. It is a false belief that Christianity consists in noise and contortions and ridiculous actions generally. That kind of conduct is only a caricature of true religion. The Lord is not in it. It is the work of the evil one to bring Christianity into disrepute. True Christianity will always cause one to act more orderly and sensible and refined than he or she did before conversion. The Holy Spirit soothes and refines and ennobles, and leads its possessor into ways of meekness and quietness.