A fairly accurate description of the human race might be furnished to one unacquainted with it by taking the Beatitudes, turning them wrong side out and saying, \u201cHere is your human race.\u201d For the exact opposite of the virtues in the Beatitudes are the very qualities which distinguish human life and conduct.<\/p>\n
In the world of men we find nothing approaching the virtues of which Jesus spoke in the opening words of the famous Sermon on the Mount. Instead of poverty of spirit we find the rankest kind of pride; instead of mourners we find pleasure seekers; instead of meekness, arrogance; instead of hunger after righteousness we hear men saying, \u201cI am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing\u201d; instead of mercy we find cruelty; instead of purity of heart, corrupt imaginings; instead of peacemakers we find men quarrelsome and resentful; instead of rejoicing in mistreatment we find them fighting back with every weapon at their command.<\/p>\n
Of this kind of moral stuff civilized society is composed.<\/p>\n
Jeremiah 17:9; Matthew 5:3\u201312; Revelation 3:15\u201317<\/p>\n
The Pursuit of God,<\/i> 103, 104.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A fairly accurate description of the human race might be furnished to one unacquainted with it by taking the Beatitudes, turning them wrong side out and saying, \u201cHere is your human race.\u201d For the exact opposite of the virtues in the Beatitudes are the very qualities which distinguish human life and conduct. In the world … Continue reading “BEATITUDES;
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