Part 1
“In the Church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue." 1 Cor. 14:19.
There are five words which I wish to bring before the saints, to stir up their pure minds by way of remembrance. My desire is to provoke them to love and to good works. We need, brethren, to have our "loins girt about with truth," for there is a tendency with us to hold the truth loosely, and to talk about it in a light way, instead of its girding us, and our being braced up, and kept, by it. The word to us is
“Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their Lord." Luke 12:36.
Our minds, our works, ourselves, and all connected with us, should show that we look for "the coming of the Lord." How far are we really, practically waiting and watching for Him? The day is approaching; His coming is near. (Heb. 10:25, 37; James 5:8).
With this solemn fact before us, there are five words which I want to press home to the hearts of God's dear children, who are on the eve of being caught up to be forever with the Lord. (1 Thess. 4:17). May God by the Holy Spirit clothe the following remarks with power!