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  STEPS RIGHTLY DIRECTED, A FALSE WAY DETECTED
  by George Cutting
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of the Word of God as the
touchstone for everything in our lives, and the need to hate false ways
and love God's law.

Topics: "Biblical Guidance", "Spiritual Discernment"
Scripture References: Genesis 1:4, Psalm 119:104-128, Romans 12:2, 2 Corinthians 6:14, Ephesians 5:11, James 4:4, 1 John 1:5

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George Cutting emphasizes the importance of using the Word of God as the
ultimate standard for every aspect of our lives, as seen in Psalm
119:104 and 119:128, where the Psalmist expresses a strong preference
for God's precepts over false ways. The Holy Ghost speaks decisively
through the Scriptures, highlighting the clear distinction between right
and wrong paths. Cutting warns against compromising with darkness and
encourages a firm stance like David's, who loved God's law and hated
vain thoughts.

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It is well at the commencement of your Christian career to be fully
alive to the fact that it is the Word of God which must be the
touchstone for everything in your path, whether personally or
relatively. Look at Psa. 119:104, "Through thy precepts I get
understanding: therefore I hate every false way"; and again, Psa.
119:128, "Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to
be right; and I hate every false way." Notice how decidedly the Holy
Ghost speaks through the Psalmist. It is either a right way according to
the Word, or it is a false way to be hated. Man naturally loves to tone
things down to keep his conscience quiet. God in creation "divided the
light from the darkness," and morally He does so still.

Man would blend them together in a kind of dim twilight; but beware of
these subtle compromises, and like David, say, "I hate vain thoughts:
but thy law do I love" (Psa. 119:113).

Now do not let this apply only to the question of your salvation and
personal state, but to that also which I now desire briefly to dwell
upon; viz.,

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