Hurlbut's Life of Christ For Young and Old: A Complete Life of Christ Written in Simple Language, Based on the Gospel NarrativeHurlbut, Jesse Lyman
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Hurlbut's Life of Christ For Young and Old: A Complete Life of Christ Written in Simple Language, Based on the Gospel Narrative
Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman
Jesus Christ -- Biography
"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under a bushel, but on the
stand; and it giveth light to all the house. Even so let your light
shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to
your Father who is in heaven."
He told his disciples how they should feel and act toward those who had
done wrong to them:
"Ye have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor, and hate
your enemy.' But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who
do you wrong, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven: for he
makes his sun to rise on the bad as well as the good, and sends rain
alike on the just and on the unjust. For if you love only those who love
you, what reward do you have? Why, the tax-gatherers whom you despise do
as much. And if you speak only to your friends, wherein are you better
than others? For even the Gentiles do the same. You should be perfect,
as your heavenly Father is perfect."
He spoke also of the aims which men should seek in their lives:
"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust
destroy, and where thieves break through and steal; but lay up for
yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroy, and
where thieves do not break through nor steal; for where your treasure
is, there will your heart be also.
"No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one and love
the other; or else he will hold to one and despise the other. You cannot
serve God and Mammon, who is the god worshipped by this world. Therefore
I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what ye shall eat or what
ye shall drink; nor for your body, what you shall put on. Surely, life
means more than food, surely the body means more than clothes! Look at
the birds flying above you; they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into
barns; and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth more than
the birds?
"And why should you be anxious about your clothing? Look how the lilies
of the field grow: they neither toil nor spin, and yet Solomon in all
his glory was never robed like one of these! Now, if God so clothes the
grass of the fields, which blooms today, and tomorrow is thrown into the
fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you who trust God so little?"
"Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we have to eat?' or
'what shall we have to drink?' or 'how can we get clothes to wear?' Your
heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. Seek the kingdom
of God, and do right according to his will: then all these things will
be yours. Do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious
for itself. Each day's own trouble is enough to be anxious over."
Here is what Jesus said as the ending of his sermon:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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