This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...the life of those who have caught its spirit. It is far above the standard set by the original decalogue, as far above it as the noonday light is above the first shafts of the dawn of a perfect day. Yet even here we can see that the original law was schoolmaster to the larger truth. And even yet we ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ...the life of those who have caught its spirit. It is far above the standard set by the original decalogue, as far above it as the noonday light is above the first shafts of the dawn of a perfect day. Yet even here we can see that the original law was schoolmaster to the larger truth. And even yet we begin instinctively to feel that there is a still larger principle to be grasped before we fully comprehend the ideal relationship of man to man. IV. The Thirteenth Commandment It is possible for a man to keep the ten commandments, also the eleventh and twelfth, and still not be of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ. We have Jesus' own words for this. In the famous encounter with various sectarian groups recorded for us in Mark 12 and particularly in His encounter with the lawyer who inquired as to the first commandment of all, after Jesus had given him that positive and enlarged summary of the ten commandments contained in the two commandments we have just discussed, this conversation ensues: "And the scribe said unto Him, ' Well, Master, Thou hast said the truth: for there is one God: and there is none other but Him: and to love Him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, He said unto him, Thou art not far from the Kingdom of God." Is there then any commandment the keeping of which will put us safely within the Kingdom of God? Surely the Master would not leave us hesitant and hopeless in such a situation, and He has not. Praise His name, He has not left us in doubt. He is the Way and has told us how we can walk in its path, the path that leads to Him...
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