Jesus has always many who love His heavenly kingdom, but few who bear His cross. He has many who desire consolation, but few who care for trial. He finds many who share His table, but few to take part in His fasting. All desire to be happy with Him; few wish to suffer anything for Him. Many follow Him to the breaking of bread, but few to the drinking of the chalice of His passion. Many revere His miracles; few approach the shame of the Cross. Many love Him as long as they encounter no hardship; many praise and bless Him as long as they receive some comfort from Him. But if Jesus hides Himself and leaves them for a while, they fall with into complaints or into deep dejection. Those on the contrary, who love Him for His own sake and not for any comfort of their own, bless Him in all trial and anguish of heart as well as in the bliss of consolation. Even if He should never give them consolation, yet they would continue to praise Him and wish always to give Him thanks. What power there is in pure love for Jesus - love that is free from all self-interest and self-love! 
 ~ Thomas à Kempis (1379-1471) 

Great devotional thought today! Is my love for Jesus Christ pure and free from self-interest and self-love? What a challenge!

“If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed ... "In our days, to be a true Christian is really to become a scandal.”
― George Whitefield (1714-1770 British Theologian/Evangelist)

"God expects his followers to emulate his righteousness and justice. We are to adopt as our standard his law and precepts. We are to treat others fairly and justly because this is what God himself does." ~ M. Erickson

"The justice of God must not be evaluated on a short-term basis. Within this life it will often be incomplete or imperfect, but there is a life beyond, in which God's justice will be complete." ~ M. Erickson

"When one measures one's holiness, not against the standard of oneself or of other humans, but against God, the need for a complete change of moral and spiritual condition becomes apparent." ~ M. Erickson

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