The Golden Rule

                                           John 7:17
                               "If any man will do His will,
                              he shall know of the doctrine"

          The golden rule for understanding spiritually is not intellect, but obedience.  If a man wants scientific knowledge, intellectual curiosity is his guide; but if he wants insight into what Jesus Christ teaches, he can only get it by obedience.  If things are dark to me, then I may be sure there is something I will not do.  Intellectual darkness comes through ignorance; spiritual darkness comes because of something I do not intend to obey.
          No man ever receives a word from God without instantly being put to the test over it.  We disobey and than wonder why we don't go  on spiritually.  "If when you come to the alter," said Jesus,  there you remember your brother hath ought against you., don't say another word to Me, but first go and put that thing right,"  The teaching  of Jesus hits us where we live.  We cannot stand as humbugs before Him for one second.  The Spirit of God unearths the spirit of self-vindication; He makes us sensitive to things we never thought of before.
          When Jesus brings a thing home by His word, don't shirk it.  If you do, you will become a religious humbug.  Watch the things you shrug your shoulders over, and you will know why you do not go on spiritually.  Even at the risk of being thought fanatical you must obey what God tells you.

                               "HAPPY FATHER'S DAY"

                                     May God Bless You
                                      And Your Families

                                                   Minister: Robert A. Lail
                                                   The Cross Life Ministry