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NASB | 2 John 1:4 ¶ I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received commandment to do from the Father. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 John 1:4 ¶ I was greatly delighted to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father. |
Subject: Confirmation in Consistent Conduct |
Bible Note: "It is not one or two good actions, but a consistent conduct, that tells whether a man is a true Christian. A true believer, like the heavenly orbs is constant and unwearied in his motions and actions. 'Enoch walked with God.' It is not taking a step or two in a way that demonstrates that a man is a walker, but a continued motion. No man is judged to be healthy by a flushing color in his face, but by a good complexion. God considers no one holy for one particular act, but for a general course. "A sinner in some few things may be very good: Judas repents, Cain sacrifices, the scribes pray and fast; and yet all were very false. "In the most deadly diseases, there may be some intermissions, and some good symptoms. A saint in some few acts may be very bad: Noah was drunk, David defiled his neighbor's wife, and Peter denied his best friend; yet these persons were heaven's favorites. The best gold may have some grains of alloy. Sheep may fall into the mire, but swine love night and day to wallow in it. "A Christian may stumble, he may even fall, but he gets up and walks on in the way of God's commandments; the bent of his heart is right, and the scope of his life is straight, and thus he is considered sincere." --George M. Swinnock (1627-1673) |
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