"If we desire and are resolved to be a Christian, we must in the first place renounce ourselves, and entirely put off our carnal lusts and worldly affections." ~ Country Parsons Advice
Friends, anything less than the above is only play Christianity. The Christian, the just one, walks by faith not by sight.
An outward profession of Christianity without the inward practice of Christianity is hypocrisy, gross hypocrisy. Alternatively, an inward practice of Christianity without an outward profession is monstrous unbelief. True Christianity is accompanied by inward practice and outward profession. Practice and profession go hand in hand.
Inward Practice = denying self and dying to the world so that we can live unto God, by faith and not by sight.
Outward Profession = not only talk but a walk in love and good deeds toward man, preferring a poor man's good over our own.
Friends, anything less than the above is only play Christianity. The Christian, the just one, walks by faith not by sight.
An outward profession of Christianity without the inward practice of Christianity is hypocrisy, gross hypocrisy. Alternatively, an inward practice of Christianity without an outward profession is monstrous unbelief. True Christianity is accompanied by inward practice and outward profession. Practice and profession go hand in hand.
Inward Practice = denying self and dying to the world so that we can live unto God, by faith and not by sight.
Outward Profession = not only talk but a walk in love and good deeds toward man, preferring a poor man's good over our own.