Volume IV

Our Lord's Dispensation

Vol. IV, p. xvi

Begins on Vol. IV, p. xvi

If We Would Be Members of Christ, and Joint-Heirs with Him of the Promises,	Text.
We must "Pray always"	Luke xxi. 36.
"And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, He went out and departed into a solitary place and prayed."	Mark i. 35.
"He went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God."	Luke vi. 12.
"When He had sent the multitude away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray, and when the evening was come, he was there alone"	Matt. xiv. 23.
"Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word, that they all may be one"	John xvii.
"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do"	Luke xxiii. 34.
We must Love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength	Mark xii. 30.
See His example in the loving manner in which He always spoke of and addressed His Father.
We must be Zealous in Doing God's Will	John xv. 4, 5, 8.
When only twelve years old—"Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?"	Luke ii. 49.
"My meat is to do the will of Him that sent me, and to finish His work"	John iv. 34.
"I have kept my Father's commandments"	John xv. 10.
"I have glorified thee on the earth, I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do"	John xvii. 4.
We must Honor our Parents	Eph. vi. 1-3.
"He went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them"	Luke ii. 51.
See also account of His committing the care of His mother to John, when about to die	John xix. 26, 27.
We must Love the Church	1 John iii. 16.
"A new commandment give I unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another."	John xiii. 34.
"This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you"	John xv. 12.
We must Love and Do Good to All Men	Gal. vi. 10.
"Jesus of Nazareth, . . . who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed of the devil"	Acts x. 38.
"The blind receive their sight and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them"	Matt. xi. 5.
We must Love and Forgive our Enemies	Luke vi. 35.
"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do"	Luke xxiii. 34.
We must Practice the Christian Graces	Matt. v. 3-12.
Humility—He "made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men. . . . He humbled Himself"	Phil. ii. 7, 7, 8.
Meekness—He "when He was reviled, reviled not again; when He suffered, He threatened not"	1 Peter ii. 23.
Mercy—"Neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more"	John viii. 11.
Self-denial—"Though He was rich, yet for our sakes He became poor"	2 Cor. viii. 9.
Compassion—"Jesus wept"	John xi. 35.
Firmness—See account of His temptation in the wilderness	Matt. iv. 1-11.
Submission to and acquiescence in God's will—"The cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?"	John xviii. 11.
Happy and Blessed indeed will we be if we "Follow His Steps"	1 Tim. iv. 8.
In this world—"All these things (temporal necessaries) shall be added unto you"	Luke xii. 31; John xiv. 23.
Eternally in heaven—"Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the good things which God hath prepared for them that love him"	1 Cor. ii. 9; Rom. ii. 7, 10.