Daily Reading for Thursday, October 24, 2024
Scripture: 1 Timothy 1:5
"Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned."
Meditation:
Reference(s):
1 The Review and Herald, August 6, 1901.
"Why is it that self rises up so readily? Why is it that men are offended if others do not think in accordance with their opinions and ideas? The Lord has not in the past, nor will He in the future, lead men to act in this way. 'The end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned.' When we are partakers of the divine nature, and have the attributes of Christ, we shall not be easily drawn apart in judgment or opinions. Contentions come when the heart is not under Christ's discipline; and the apostle says, 'Where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work' (James 3:16). When the Lord is regarded as the great center, a close connection will exist between all lines of the work. There will be no divisions, no rivalry, but a feeling of mutual connection and dependence, a feeling which is devoid of all selfishness."1