Revelation 3:19-22 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. When a man dies in England, his friends often say of him, in praise of his diligence, energy, and concentration: "Well, he lived simply to carry through that important line of railway"; or — "His only object was to extort from the Government a more scientific education for the people"; or — "He devoted himself to the cause of Free Trade"; or — "He was a martyr to his exertions in behalf of Protection." It was his one idea; it grew with his growth; he could think of nothing else; he spared neither time nor expense to advance ever so little his favourite cause, and the interest he had wedded; it was his monomania. He did his work in his day, and he did it well, because he was heart and soul in it; and the world is in debt to him for it. Now, why should it not be said of us: "Well, he is gone. He was a man of one idea: he cared for nothing but that God's kingdom should come, and His will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. He was eaten up with this; waking or sleeping it was always upon him; nothing daunted him; he spared neither time nor expense for his hobby, and when neither time nor money were at his disposal, he besieged heaven with prayers. He took no interest in anything else; it was meat and drink to him, and it quite mastered him; and now he is gone." Yes! he is gone; but whereas the other man left behind him his railway and his cheap bread, our friend has taken all his love and pains and prayers away with him to the judgment-seat of Jesus; and what they have done for him there, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor man's heart conceived. Parallel Verses KJV: As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.WEB: As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent. |
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