Phillips: truth and committment

Saturday, July 6, 2013
    Feast of John Huss, Reformer, Martyr, 1413
    Feast of Thomas More, Scholar & Martyr, &
    John Fisher, Bishop & Martyr, 1535
Meditation:
    We know that we have come to know him if we obey his commands.
    —1 John 2:3 (NIV)
Quotation:
    There is no discovery of the truth of Christ’s teaching, no unanswerable inward endorsement of it, without committing oneself to his way of life.
    ... J. B. Phillips (1906-1982), God Our Contemporary, New York: Macmillan, 1960, p. 116 (see the book)
    See also 1 John 2:3; Matt. 6:14-15; 7:24-27; 12:50; Luke 6:47-49; 11:28; John 13:17; 14:15; 15:10,14; Rom. 2:6-7; Gal. 6:7-8; Jas. 1:21-24; 1 John 3:24; 5:3-5
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, Your truth changes my life. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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