Wisdom of the Ages
“Smooth words, elaborate teachings, and overt signs and wonders
will never replace the power of a crucified life”
Brian Troxel
Author: wordsofithiel
Albert Barnes
Wisdom of the Ages
Hypocrisy
“No man is more proud than the hypocrite,
and none is more odious to God”
Albert Barnes
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“Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees,
which is hypocrisy”
Luke 12:1
Gregory of Nyssa
Wisdom of the Ages
“If we truly think of Christ as our source of holiness, we shall refrain from anything wicked or impure in thought or act and thus show ourselves to be worthy bearers of his name. For the quality of holiness is shown not by what we say but by what we do in life”
Gregory of Nyssa
Love and Light
True Fellowship
“Love speaks truth. It reaches beyond the surface of another life, beyond the rhetoric of words and confessions. It seeks to get to the core of an individual and concerns itself with the welfare of their condition IN Christ. This “mind of Christ” ruling within the life of Paul birthed the various epistles to the ONE Church in every location. His letters were brimming with encouragement, exhortation, and reproof; the love of Christ ever seeks to draw His Own into deeper places of fellowship and communion. The depth of our communion with Christ will be revealed in our fellowship with those who are His”
The true Light of Christ is evident among those who live in its dominion.
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light,
we have fellowship one with another…”
1 John 1:7
Brian Troxel
Alexander MacLaren
Love is the only fire that is hot enough to melt the iron obstinacy of a creature’s will
Wisdom of the Ages
Alexander MacLaren
“Love is the only fire that is hot enough
to melt the iron obstinacy of a creature’s will”
Alexander MacLaren
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“Keep yourselves in the love of God…”
Jude 1:21
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