General Counsels to [Young] Men

The Gospel for Life

General Counsels to [Young] Men
1. Try to get a clear view of the evil of sin
 Think about what the Bible says about sin (Gen. 6:5, Ps. 143:2, Ecc. 7:20, Isa. 64:6, Matt. 15:19, Rom. 3:20, 23, & Rom. 6:21, 23)
 Think what an awful change sin has worked on all our natures
 Think what it has cost to make atonement for sin and to provide a pardon and forgiveness for sinners
 Think what sin has already done on the earth
 Think of all the misery and sorrow that sin has caused, and is causing, to this very day. Pain, disease, death, strifes, quarrels, divisions, envy, jealousy, malice, deceit, fraud, cheating, violence, oppression, robbery, selfishness,
unkindness, and ingratitude; all these are the fruits of sin. Sin is the parent of them all. It is sin that has so marred and spoiled the face of God’s creation.
2. Seek to become acquainted with our Lord Jesus Christ
 This is the principal thing and cornerstone of Christianity
 Don’t let me be misunderstood. It is not the mere knowing of Christ’s name that I mean, it is the knowing of His mercy, grace, and power, the knowing of Him not by the hearing of the ear, but by the experience of your hearts. I want you to know Him by faith, I want you, as Paul says, to know “the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death (Phil. 3:10). I want you to be able to say of Him, He is my peace and my strength, my life and my consolation, my Physician and my Shepherd, my Savior and my God.
3. Determine as long as you live to make the Bible your guide and adviser
 The Bible is God’s merciful provision for sinful man’s soul. All that we need to know, in order to make us peaceful, holy or happy, is richly contained there.
 Men, I charge you to make a habit of reading the Bible, and not to let the habit be broken. Determine that you will make time to read it.  Read it with the prayer that the Holy Spirit’s grace will help you understand it.  Read it reverently, as the Word of God, not of man, believing implicitly that what it approves is right, and what it
condemns is wrong.
 Give the Bible the honor due to it every day you live.
4. Never make as an intimate friend anyone who is not a friend of God
 Understand me, I do not speak of acquaintances. I do not mean that you ought to have nothing to do with anyone but true Christians.  But I do advise you to be very careful in your choice of friends. Do not open all your heart to a man merely because he is clever, agreeable, good-natured, and kind. There things are all very well in their way, but they are not everything. Never be satisfied with the friendship of anyone who will not be useful to your soul.  Believe me, the importance of this advice cannot be overrated. There is no telling the harm that is done by
associating with godless companions and friends. Without our being aware of it, they influence our tastes and opinions. And, worst of all, we catch their ways in things that are wrong far quicker than things that are right.

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