The Ordinary Life of Every Christian
By William Law Luke Chapter 9 Verse 23 Then he said to them all,
If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself, and take
up his cross daily, and follow me. The Scriptures are wholly
taken up in precepts that relate to ordinary life. They call us
to renounce the world, to differ from all the attitudes, desires,
and ways of the world, to renounce all its so-called good things,
to fear none of its evil things, to reject its vain joys, to live
as pilgrims in holy fear and heavenly aspirations, to take
up our daily cross, to deny ourselves, to seek the blessedness of poverty
of spirit, to forsake the pride and vanity of riches, to have
no anxious thoughts for the future, to live in the profoundest state
of humility, to rejoice in sufferings for Christ, to reject the lust
of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life.
to humbly bear injuries, to forgive and bless our enemies, to give
up our whole heart and affections to God, and to strive to enter
through the narrow gate into eternal glory. Our blessed Savior
taught each of these principles as the ordinary life of every
Christian. Since you have been raised with
Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated
at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above,
not on earthly things. Colossians 3, verses 1 and 2.