HERE is a monkey with a little red dress on, and a cup in his hand, trying to get the mother and little girl inside the window to give him some money. We know if he had been left to himself, he would not have been doing such work, nor would he have had any clothing on, other than what God had supplied him, but he has been trained to beg.
It is wonderful what monkeys can be trained to do, but they can never learn to speak. God has given that intelligence to man, and he is responsible to God as to what he speaks about—whether he uses his voice for God, or for Satan.
The highest form of communication is writing, and God has chosen that means to communicate His mind and purposes to us in His word—the Bible. God has placed man at the head of His creation on this earth, and consequently man is responsible to God for all his ways.
God, in His word, tells us that He breathed into man’s nostrils the breath of life. That was more than He did for the animals. Man, then, has a spirit, so he will live forever, but when the animal dies, that is the last of it. We would not know this if God’s Word had not given it to us. It takes the Creator to tell us how He made each thing; animal or man.
Another thing He tells us is that we are sinners, and that He has provided a Saviour for us, and if we refuse that Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, we must be banished from God forever and ever, for He could never allow sin to be in His holy presence.
You may be very thankful that God saw fit to make us higher than the animals, but don’t forget that we are responsible to Him, our Creator, and He will deal with us for what we have done with His Son. If we have accepted Him as our Saviour, He saves us; if we reject Him, He will banish us from His presence. Which have you done?
ML 01/28/1917