The golden rule of understanding spiritually is not intellect, but
obedience. If a man wants scientific knowledge, intellectual curiosity
is his guide; but if he wants insights into what Jesus Christ teaches,
he can only get it by obedience. If things are dark to me, then I may be
sure there is something I will not do. Intellectual darkness comes
through ignorance; spiritual darkness comes because of something I do
not intend to obey.
No man ever receives a word from God without instantly being put
to the test by it. We disobey and then wonder why we don't go on
spiritually. "If when you come to the altar," said Jesus, "there you
remember your brother hath ought against you... don't say another
word to Me, but first go and put that thing right." The teaching of Jesus
hits us where we live. We cannot stand as humbugs before Him for one
second. He educates us down to the scruple. The Spirit of God unearths
the spirit of self-vindication; he makes us sensitive to things we never
thought of before.
When Jesus brings a thing home by His word, don't shirk it. If you
do, you will become a religious humbug. Watch the things you shrug
your shoulders over, and you will know how you do not go on
spiritually. First go---at the risk of being thought fanatical you must
obey what God tells you.
Oswald Chambers, My Utmost For His Highest
Who is Oswald Chambers? Chambers, born July 24th, 1874 in
Aberdeen, Scotland, died November 15th 1917 in Egypt, became a
Christian following a service conducted by renowned preacher,
Charles Spurgeon. We was Scottish Protestant Christian minister
and teacher, best known as the author of the widely-read
devotional My Utmost For His Highest.
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