Raleigh: denying Him by works

Saturday, April 24, 2010
    Commemoration of Mellitus, First Bishop of London, 624
Meditation:
    Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist--he denies the Father and the Son. No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
    —1 John 2:22-23 (NIV)
Quotation:
    We profess that we know God, but by works we deny Him; for beatitude doth not consist in the knowledge of divine things, but in a divine life, for the devils know them better than man.
    ... Walter Raleigh (1552?-1618), The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh, Kt., v. II, Oxford: The University press, 1829, p. 32 (see the book)
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, make my life a testimony to You. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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