November 8

The Will of God

“"If ye be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above." … We are risen, and have nothing more to do with the world, as to our affections and object, than a man who has died out of it. It does not say, "You must die," but "You are dead," for that is the christian state. … If an angel were here, he would do that which was God's will for him; but he would have nothing to do with the earth as to the object for which he lived.”

“We get the rule for his (the Christian's) conduct. It is very simple, very sweeping, and uncommonly satisfactory to the heart that really desires to do the will of God. "Whatsoever ye do, whether in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus."”