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What think ye of Christ? (Matt22:42)
The great test of your soul's health is, What think you of Christ? Is He to you "fairer than the children of men"--"the chief among ten thousand"--the "altogether lovely"? Wherever Christ is esteemed, all the faculties of the spiritual man exercise themselves with energy. You can judge of your piety by this barometer: does Christ stand high or low with you? If you have thought little of Christ, if you have been content to live without His presence, if you have cared little for His honor, if you have been neglectful of His laws, then You know that your soul is sick--God grant that it may not be sick unto death! But if the first thought of your spirit has been, How can I honor Jesus? If the daily desire of your soul has been, "O that I knew where I might find Him!" I tell you that you may have a thousand infirmities, and even scarcely know whether you are a child of God at all, and yet You can be persuaded, beyond a doubt, that you are safe, since Jesus is great in your esteem. See in this life it is not what you do or who you do it for, but who you know, and love. Who do you put in the first place in your life? Is it the Christ the son of the living God or is it your self? "For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it."(Matt 16:25)
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