True Religion - Love and Purity

From: The Christian Shepherd: 2003 By: John Nelson Darby

James 1:26‑27 • 1 min. read • grade level: 9

“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction” (James 1:26-27²⁶If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. ²⁷Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. (James 1:26‑27)).

True religion is shown by love in the heart and by purity keeping oneself unspotted from the world. It thinks of others, for those who are in distress, in need of protection, and the help and support of love, as widows and orphans. The truly religious heart, full of the love of God and moved by Him, thinks, as God does, upon sorrow, weakness and need. It is the true Christian character.

J. N. Darby (from Gems From My Reading)

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