MANNA FROM 19 FEBRUARY
Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unfaithful nothing is pure; but both their mind and conscience are defiled. They profess to have known God; but by their works they renounce him, being abominable and disobedient, and unto every good work worthless — Titus 1:15, 16.
What a terrible condition this is, and how careful all of the Lord's people should be, not only to have pure hearts, pure minds, but also to keep their consciences very tender, in close accord with the Word of the Lord! This condition can only be maintained by judging ourselves, and that strictly and frequently, by the standard which God has given us, His law of love.
I want the first approach to feel
Of pride or fond desire;
To catch the wand'ring of my will,
And quench the kindling fire.
One's quality of heart attaches itself to everything he touches; to him it is either good or evil, as he is good or evil. They who are pure attach purity to that with which they come into contact, while the impure defile whatever they touch. This world of difference exists on account of the difference in their moral quality. If one who once belonged to God has become impure, he contaminates more than one who never was pure. His being is defiled.
Matt. 15:11; Luke 11:39-41; Acts 10:15, 28; Rom. 14:14, 17, 20, 23; 1 Cor. 6:12; 10:23-25; 1 Tim. 5:8; 2 Tim. 3:5; Heb. 6:4-8; 10:26-31; 2 Pet. 2:20-22; 1 John 5:16; Jude 1:11-13.
