p. 6 | LOVE TO GOD

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 23, 1896

LOVE TO GOD.

Love to God must show itself by love to our neighbor. If we try to live on one table of the Decalogue, or on one part of the Lord’s prayer, we become like a boat with one oar or a bird with one wing. If the hand be outstretched in supplication toward God, it must also be opened in benefaction toward men.

There is great danger of partiality in our choice of God’s commandments. Many a man practically says: “This commandment harmonizes with my taste; therefore I shall perform it. That one does not; therefore I shall neglect it. This one is in line with my social relations; that one is not. I shall obey the one and neglect the other. This one is essential to salvation; I shall perform it. That one is not; therefore I shall neglect it.” Such an attitude as this is unworthy of a true Christian man. He never asks, “How little can I do and be saved?” He simply inquires, “Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?”—Sel.