Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading: The Sweet Stories of God's Word in the Language of ChildhoodPollard, Josephine
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Young Folks' Bible in Words of Easy Reading: The Sweet Stories of God's Word in the Language of Childhood
Pollard, Josephine
Bible -- Paraphrases, English; Bible stories, English -- Juvenile literature; Christian life -- Juvenile literature
Je-sus said we must not want to be rich or to lay up wealth in this
world, for when we die we can-not take it with us. But we should give
our hearts to thoughts of God, and try to live so that we can share his
home, where we shall have more things to please us than all the gold in
the world can buy.
Je-sus said that no man could serve God and serve Sa-tan too. We serve
God when we do right; and we serve Sa-tan when we do wrong.
So we can-not do the will of both, and must choose which one we will
serve.
He told the Twelve not to judge folks; he meant that they must take care
how they found fault, and blamed them. For they may not have done wrong,
or if they did they may have meant no harm. We can-not see men's hearts,
or know how they felt at the time they did the deed. But God knows all,
and may not blame them as much as we do. Je-sus said that we should
strive to do right our-selves, and then we should see with clear eyes
who did wrong, and have a right to tell them of their faults.
He said, that what we want men to do to us we must do to them. If we
want them to be kind and good and to treat us well, we must do the same
by them.
He said, Strive to go in at the strait, or nar-row gate; for wide is the
gate and broad is the way that leads to death. He meant that the good
and the bad ways are like two gates in our path, for us to choose which
one we will go through.
The good way is small and hard to find, and we have to search for it
with great care. But the path is one that leads to life and joy.
[Illustration: THE UN-FRUIT-FUL TREE.]
The bad way is like a broad gate that stands o-pen and in plain sight.
This wide gate leads down to hell, and crowds and crowds go that way,
while but few are found in the good way that leads to bliss.
Je-sus said that at the last day some would call him Lord, Lord, and say
they had served him and taught as he did. But he would say that he did
not know them, for they had bad hearts, and had led lives of sin, and
were not fit to dwell with the good and pure in the home on high, where
all is love.
He said that men were like trees. Good trees brought forth good fruit;
but a bad tree could not bring forth good fruit. And men were to be
known by their works, just as a tree was known by its fruits.
Then he spoke of two men, each of whom built a house. One chose to build
on a rock. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew
and beat on that house, but it stood firm and the storm did it no harm.
But one of the men built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and
the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, and it fell
with a great crash, and was swept out of sight.
Je-sus said that those who heard his words and did as he told them were
like the wise man who built his house on a rock. Christ is our Rock. He
stands firm. No storms can move him. If we cling to him he will save us.
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