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Love
To Christ
"Whom having not seen, ye love." 1 Peter 1:8.
"Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus
Christ in sincerity." Eph. 6:24. Sincere love is love
wholly free from self-interest. Sincere love to Christ is
not to love Him for what He gives us, but for what He is
in himself. A young lady may love a man because he saved
her life, but she loves her husband because of what he is.
Christ is the lovely and the lovable One. Christ, not the
blessing, is to be loved. He is to be loved with or
without blessings. There is great need of more intense
love to Christ in the hearts of His saints. Few, indeed,
that love Jesus as they should. If they loved Christ as
they should, it would make a great change in their life.
"Is it I?" When Christ is loved in sincerity, He
is associated with every thing in life. Every thing brings
thoughts of Him. Present a man, who loves his wife, with a
basket of nice, ripe fruit and he will at once think of
her. When you receive your monthly salary, you will think
of Jesus before yourself, if you love Him more than
yourself. You have greater joy in the thing received
because of how much of it you can give to Christ, rather
than how much you can have for yourself. Increase and
abound in love.
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