A Stranger
is not necessarily an individual with whom one is unacquainted, but one who is known only superficially and is being judged according to appearances.
How
many in the world to-day are living in bondage to the belief that their case is hopeless—that the sin which has beset them, perhaps for years, will never be overcome; that the sickness which has sapped their energies, maybe over a prolonged period, will never be healed; that the evil influence exercised over their lives by the misdeeds of others will never be lifted! Many are enduring lives which are distressed and oftentimes painful, sinful and oftentimes sorrowful, and they have not the faintest notion as to how to obtain their freedom.
Paul
showed how far he had advanced in the Christianity of Christ Jesus, showed how much of the spirit of true Christianity he had assimilated, when, quoting from the prophet Isaiah.
The
blessed words of the Psalmist, "He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways," have always brought to the spiritually-minded a sense of safety, guidance, and protection in times of danger.
Mortals
believe in good and evil, truth and error, life and death, as if they were all equally real, with the result that they are often in a dilemma as to the present and the future.
