The New Life

The New Life.
^f God presently states by name the sins against
which above all we are to be on our guard. Mark
£^nly the four great sins that Paul mentions in connection
with our text.
There is first lying.
There is no single sin that in
the Bible is so brought into connection with the devil
as lying. Lying is from hell, and it goes on to hell.
And the Holy Spirit can-
God is the God of truth.
not possibly carry forward His blessed working in a
man or woman that lies, that is insincere, that does
injury to the truth. Young Christian, review with
care what the word of God says about lying and liars,
and pray God that you may never speak anything
but the literal truth. Grieve not the Holy Spirit of
God.i
Then there is anger. ''Let all bitterness, and wrath,
and anger, and clamor, and evil-speaking, be put
away from you." Hastiness, proneness to anger, sin
of temper is, along with lying, the most common sin
by which the Christian is kept back from increase in
grace.' Christian, let all passionateness be put away
from you : this follows on the command not to grieve
the Spirit. Believe that the Holy Spirit, the great
power of God, is in you. Surrender yourself every
day to His indwelling, in faith that Jesus can keep
you by Him : He will make and keep you gentle.
Yea, believe, I pray you, in the power of God, and of
IPs, V. 7; Prov. xii. 2a, xxi. 28 ;
John viii. 44; Rev. xxi. 8, 27
xxii. 15.
'Matt V. 92, 46, 47; I Cor. i. 10, 11, iii. 3, xiii 1,3;. Gal. v. 5, xv
I, 26 ; Col. iii. 8, 12 ; i Thess. v. 15; Jas. iii. 14.
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