Serving God Through Self-Welfare by Christian Enquirer

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Nov 16, 1888

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 14, No. 44.

Serving God Through Self-Welfare

By Christian Enquirer

God desires our highest welfare. To please God, therefore, we must do that which is best for ourselves. This means that we must be virtuous, pure, and self-restrained, temperate. He who lives a pure and upright life takes the course which is best for himself, and he who takes that course pleases God. It is for our sakes that the restraints of virtue are put upon us. The divine commandments are simply the marking out of a path through which we shall reach our highest good. It is for our own well-being that we are to observe those laws, and the attainment of our well-being pleases God. To serve God best we must build up our character and welfare.—Christian Enquirer.