In
his simple, direct, yet beautiful way, Matthew relates the narrative of the earthly advent of him whom the prophets of old had foretold, whose coming the Israelites awaited.
In
thinking over what it really means to have dominion over the body, it seemed helpful to me to analyze what it is that has dominion and what it has dominion over.
In
that wonderful discourse named "The Sermon on the Mount" Jesus presented to his hearers seven distinct qualities of thought, and the corresponding blessings which would be the reward for each particular thought.
The
early belief that a prophet was one who through some special gift of Providence could foretell future events has gradually given way to the conception of a prophet as one who by faithfulness to the highest ideals and consecration to supreme good has so cleared his consciousness of materiality that he is fitted to perceive in some measure the operation of divine law and is enabled to work out with more or less mathematical precision the results that must inevitably follow any line of activity.
Paul's
message to the Corinthians, that God "will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape," has comforted and heartened many a Christian pilgrim on his way to the heavenly city.
