p. 760 | Studies in the Word "Let"

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 16, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 48.

Studies in the Word "Let"

By John Norton Loughborough

WHILE the Lord declares, in His word, what we should let, He has as plainly commanded what we should not let. In the words of Solomon we read, "Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: so shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man." Prov. 3:3. To do this would be a great aid in following other injunctions, as: "Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God." Rom. 6:12, 13. "Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers." Eph. 4:29. "Let no man deceive you with vain words." Eph. 5:6. "Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves." Phil. 2:3. "Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility." Col. 2:18. "Let no man deceive you by any means." 2 Thess. 2:3. "Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God can not be tempted with evil, neither tempteth He any man." James 1:13.

J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.