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Christ
Epistle
"Ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of
Christ." (2 Cor. 3 :3). "All can see that you
are a letter from Christ." (20th Cent.) The Christian
is Christ's "Open Letter." His life is a message
from Christ to the world. His daily walk is a genuine
letter from the Saviour of men. The Christian life is
written by the same hand that wrote the New Testament and
they read just alike, word for word. If you profess to be
a Christian be sure your daily life is the handwriting of
Jesus. Your life in your home amid its trials and
provocations should read like God's Word. It is very
confusing and discouraging to others if your life and the
New Testament read differently.
The purpose of a letter is to convey the thoughts and mind
of the writer. The Christian is that kind of letter. Men
come to know the thoughts of God by reading the
Christian's life. He shows Christ's patience in his
patience. His life is not his life, but Christ's life in
his life. The life of a saint is a letter in which the
world can read Christ's gentleness, kindness, humility,
sobriety, calmness, sympathy, love, holiness,
separateness from the world and hatred of sin. Do not
think this standard is too high. If you will take time to
pray and seek after this life with determined effort,
leaning hard on Christ's helpful arm, it will surprise you
what a wonderful and beautiful letter you can get to be.
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