Wilberforce: gospel vs. philosophy

Saturday, July 30, 2022
    Commemoration of William Wilberforce, Social Reformer, 1833
Meditation:
    I meditate on your precepts
        and consider your ways.
    —Psalm 119:15 (NIV)
Quotation:
    The diligent perusal of the Holy Scriptures would discover to us our past ignorance. We should cease to be deceived by superficial appearances, and to confound the gospel of Christ with the systems of philosophers; we should become impressed with the weighty truth, so much forgotten in the present day, that Christianity calls on us, as we value our immortal souls, not merely in general, to be religious and moral, but specially to believe the doctrines, imbibe the principles, and practise the precepts of Christ.
    ... William Wilberforce (1759-1833), A Practical View, Boston: Crocker & Brewster, 1829, p. 80 (see the book)
    See also Ps. 119:15; 1:2; Rom. 1:18-20; 1 Cor. 1:17-21; 2:13; Phil. 2:5; Col. 2:8-10; 1 Tim. 4:15; 6:20-21; 1 Pet. 3:15
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You have written Your law on the hearts of Your people. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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