His Life is the Textbook by J.R. Miller Bible knowledge alone
does not make one a godly Christian. One might know all the great
facts and doctrines of the Word of God, might be a profound Bible
scholar and a wise theologian, and yet not be an advanced or
even a growing Christian. We are to learn to live Christ
as well as to know the truths about Christ. Jesus in his teachings
makes a great deal of obedience. you are my friends, if you do
what I command you." We are to learn to be patient, meek, gentle,
compassionate. We are to learn to be humble,
kind, unselfish, truthful, sincere, We enter Christ's school to be
trained in all the qualities which make up the true Christian
life. Jesus is not only the teacher,
his life is the textbook which we are to study. We are to look
to His life to learn just how to live, the kind of character
we are to seek to have, and the meaning of the lessons which
His words set for us. We are in the school of Christ
to be trained in all Christian life and duty. The lessons which
the Bible sets for us, we are to live out in common life. For example, it is not enough
to learn from the Beatitudes that certain qualities are praised
by the great teacher. We are to get the Beatitudes
into our own life as quickly and as perfectly as we can. Likewise,
for all the teachings of Christ, they are not for merely knowing,
as one learns the fine sayings of favorite literary writers.
They are for living. They are to become lamps to our
feet and lights to our path, and to be wrought into the web
of our character. We are not to expect perfection
in the school of Christ, but we have a right to expect an
increasing knowledge of spiritual things, and also spiritual growth
in all the qualities which belong to Christian character. We should
become more patient, more loving, more unselfish, more like Christ. This Puritan devotional has been
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