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Principle Over Expediency

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jan 28, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 4.

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Principle Over Expediency

In making decisions, no Christian should ever ask, What is expedient? but, What is right? Which is more like the divine Model? How would Christ have done? Expediency is one of the respectable doors by which the devil enters the plans of many good men. It is the foundation of policy; but right is the foundation of principle. To him who hopes to win by expediency, his gain will prove a curse; but to him who with faith in God sacrifices for principle, God will more than make up his loss; his loss will prove a gain. Expediency led Peter to deny his Lord, but principle led him to death by the cross. But who says that the latter was not to be infinitely preferred for Christ’s sake?