11월 28일 스펄전 아침묵상 “형제들아 와서 네게 있는 진리를 증거하되 네가 진리 안에서 행한다 하니 내가 심히 기뻐하노라.”[요한3서 3절]
November 28 "For I rejoiced greatly when the the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth" (3 John 3). The truth was in Gaius, and Gaius walked in the truth. Truth must enter into the soul, penetrate and saturate it, or else it is of no value. Doctrines held as a matter of creed are like bread in the hand, which ministers no nourishment to the frame. But doctrine accepted by the heart is as food digested, which, by assimilation, sustains and builds up the body. In us truth must be a living force, an active energy, and an indwelling reality. If it is in us, we cannot part with it. A man may lose his garments or his limbs, but his inward parts are vital and cannot be torn away without absolute loss of life. A Christian can die, but he cannot deny the truth. Now, it is a rule of nature, that the inward affects the outward. When the truth is ...