April 20, 2017

The Christian in Complete Armour - Gurnall - XXV - Direction Fifth continued

Required reading
The Christian in Complete Armour by William Gurnall (Available from Amazon or free here) - Conclude the Second Use of Division First of Second General Part of Direction Fifth.

My summary
Now Gurnall finishes with further directions regarding sincerity/truth.  

He speaks to three types of people:
(i) those who consciences condemn them as hypocrites;
(ii) those whose consciences give a fair testimony for their sincerity, that their hearts are true and upright
(iii) those who are doubting souls, who are indeed sincere, but dare not be persuaded to think so well of themselves.

What grabbed me
I enjoyed the encouragement to act from love, not fear: 'Love is the great conqueror of the world. Thus will thy soul be inflamed with love to Christ—set all thy worldly interest adrift, rather than put his honour to the least hazard.'

Perfect love drives out fear.

Next week's reading
Read Division Second of Second General Part of Direction Fifth.

Now it's your turn
Please post your own notes and thoughts in the comments section below.











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