Be Zealous
by J. C. Ryle
"It is always good to be zealous in a good cause." (Galatians 4:18)
There is a subject before your eyes of vast importance. I mean the subject of religious zeal.
It is a subject, like many others in religion, most sadly misunderstood. Many would be ashamed to be thought "zealous." Many are ready to say of zealous people what Festus said of Paul, "Paul, you are crazy! Your great learning is driving you insane!" (Acts 26:24.)
Walking worthy of the Lord is a lifestyle of love, integrity, and faithful obedience to God. It’s about taking every step in alignment with His will and purpose. Walking worthy isn’t about earning God’s favor but responding to His grace with gratitude. A good picture of a worthy (axios) walk is a set of scales that balance so that the same weight is on one side as on the other side.
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COMPROMISE: Webster says compromise means the expedient acceptance of standards that are lower than is desirable. God says that the preeminent prohibition for a follower of Christ is to “have no other gods before Me.” (Ex 20:3) Stated another way, we are to have no idols, nothing that compromises our covenant communion with Jehovah.
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