Weekly Pulpit 1 Corinthians 7:24 Brothers, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God. The Christian must appear in the man of business. He is to abide with God. I. BY THE MODERATION OF HIS DESIRES AND EXERTIONS; not entangling himself in the affairs of this life; diligent in business, but not, by multiplication and complexity, injuring the health of his body and the peace of his mind, and compelling himself, if not to omit, to curtail his religious duties. II. BY UNVARIABLE CONSCIENTIOUSNESS; not content to keep himself within the precincts of legal obligation, but shunning everything that is mean and over-reaching; and exemplifying everything that is fair and honourable. III. BY A DEVOUT TEMPER AND HABIT that will remind him of the presence of God; that will keep him from planning any enterprise without dependence upon Heaven; practically owning the agency of Providence in all the contingencies of his affairs; ascribing all to the blessing of the Lord. Conclusion: This secular life is Christianised, and the bounds of religion enlarged far beyond the district of what we commonly mean by devotion. In all situations, the cares of life demand the vaster part of his time and attention; but he must always walk before the Lord in the land of the living; and whether he eats or drinks, or whatever he does, he may do all to the glory of God. The spirit of devotion actuates him in the absence of its forms; and this principle, as is reported of the philosopher's stone, turns all it touches into gold. Thus his natural actions become moral; his civil duties become religious; the field or the warehouse is holy ground; and the man of business is the "man of God." (Weekly Pulpit.) Parallel Verses KJV: Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.WEB: Brothers, let each man, in whatever condition he was called, stay in that condition with God. |
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