[Manna - March 2]
Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest,...think on these things. Philippians 4:8
WHOEVER sympathizes with falsehood or exaggeration
is more or less defiling himself.
Whoever cleanses
his thoughts, and avoids exaggeration, etc., is in
that degree purifying his mind and his entire character.
Nor is it sufficient that we are sure of the truth
of matters.
We are to test them further, and discern
to what extent they are honorable, noble; for, although
the Lord has covered the ignoble features of
our characters, and proposes to cover them to the end
with His own merit, nevertheless we cannot be in
sympathy with our fallen condition, but on the contrary
must desire true nobility and the highest standards
of honor in our hearts, in our thoughts, in all
our dealings with our God and with our fellows. Z.'03-9 R3129:2