When
a certain lawyer inquired of the Master how one could inherit eternal life, his reply came in the form of a question: "What is written in the law?
Writing
to the Christians at Rome, Paul said, "Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
"He
shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler," wrote the Psalmist; and Christ Jesus said, "If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Of
particular significance in relation to the universality of good is the Master's saying, "Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
How
far off God sometimes seems to be to the darkened sense of mortals! To thought that is sinful or that is believing in the reality of disease, pain, sorrow, or death, God always appears to be afar off.
After
Christ Jesus ascended beyond further communication with his disciples, they conceded to three men and later to four the chief responsibility for carrying on the Christian movement.
