REMEMBERING
LORD JESUS CHRIST
On the eve of
Christmas Day, let us see what Lord Jesus Christ said in his Sermon on the
Mount:
Blessed are
the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that
mourn: for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek: for they shall
inherit the earth. Blessed are they who do hunger and thirst after
righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they
shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the poor in heart: for they shall see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed
are they who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom
of heaven.
And
this is what the American clergy Francis Wayland (1796-1865) said about the
Holy Bible:
“That
the truths of the Bible have the power of awakening an intense moral feeling in
every human being ; that they make bad men good, and send a pulse of healthful
feeling through all the domestic, civil, and social relations; that they teach
men to love right, and hate wrong, and seek each other’s welfare as children of
a common parent; that they teach man to aspire after conformity to a being
infinite holiness, and fill him with hopes more purifying, exalted, and suited
to his nature than any other book the world has ever known --- these are facts
as incontrovertible as the laws of philosophy, or the demonstrations of
mathematics.”
It is
rightly claimed by many a scholar that the Holy Bible is not only great but
high explosive literature. Here are half
a dozen examples from here and there”
(i)Consider
the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like
one of these. (ii) Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye
your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again
and rend you. (iii) Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they be
withered. (iv) Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. (v) Go to the ant,
thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise. (vi) Man shall not live by bread
alone.
MERRY CHRISTMAS
24TH
December 2020 G.
R. Kanwal
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