Sabbath Evening Readings on the New Testament
by John Cumming
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780217987462
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. FAITH AND ITS FRCIT8. The apostle continues in this chapter the line of thought which he had begun in the previous chapter. First of all he rebukes that mean and despicable deference to money, the god of this world, which then branded the conduct of the Christian community, and I fear to no little extent brands it still. I do not mean to say, what would be absurd, that money is not useful; I do not say that money is not desirable. It is the representative of all that makes this life externally very comfortable and very delightful. But when that desire to have what is good becomes an absorbing passion, and you can subordinate the sense of duty to the love of money, and sacrifice your conscience in order to keep a carriage, and give up what you know to be your obligations to God in order to add to your wealth before man, then you make money your god?you displace the living and the true God, and you set up Mammon, the filthy and impure idol, in the deserted niche. Now he says this passion develops itself even in the house of God. If a man comes into the assembly with a gold ring and goodly apparel, that is, a very rich man?he may have got his riches by gambling, he may have got his riches dishonestly, bycheating; he may have got his wealth in the most discreditable way; but if he be a rich man, and such a man come into their assembly, then they did not ask whether he was a good man, a pious man, a man seeking enlightenment, instruction, and edification; but liere comes in a very rich man; we will get a very large sum from him for some purpose or collection; and out of the deferential feeling of veneration and love of wealth, you say to him, Sit there in that good place. You give him a prominent pew, make it very conspicuous above the rest; and if there come in ...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217987462 |
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| ISBN-10 | 021798746X |
| Weight | 0.94 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.64 In |
| List Price | $22.35 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 286 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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