This Do and Thou Shalt Live - Signs of the Times 1887 November 24 Abiding Truth

“Thou  shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,  and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the  second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” {ST March 3, 1887, par. 1}

We  are in a world where hearts need human sympathy; and God has given us  benevolence, that we may realize this need, and be kind and charitable  to all with whom we come in contact. We often see a charitable  disposition manifested by men and women who have never given their  hearts to Christ, and it is a sad sight indeed when his professed  followers lack this great essential of Christianity. They do not copy  the Pattern; and it is impossible for them to reflect the image of Jesus  in their lives and deportment. {ST March 3, 1887, par. 2}

Love  is one of the fruits of true piety. Those who truly carry out the  principles of the law of God in their daily lives will realize that  suffering humanity has claims upon them. They will not only love God  supremely, but their neighbor as themselves. Jesus illustrated this principle in the parable which he told to a certain lawyer who “stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus answered him by asking another question: “What is written in the law? how readest thou? And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself. And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right; this do, and thou shalt live.” {ST March 3, 1887, par. 3}

“This do,” said Jesus, not merely believe, but do, “and thou shalt live.” It is carrying out the principles of God’s law, and not merely a professed faith in its binding claims, that makes the Christian. {ST March 3, 1887, par. 4}


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