Key Verse: "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good."
- 1 Thessalonians 5:21 KJV
There are two things especially which every saint of God
is called upon to hold fast--these are, first, the beginning of God's
work upon his soul; and, secondly, his deliverance. Any
manifestation that you have had of the Lord Jesus Christ; any application of
his atoning blood; any discovery of his glorious Person or shedding abroad
of his love--hold that fast, for it is good. And so I may say, hold fast any
promise you have ever had applied; any answer to prayer you have ever
received; any felt blessing that may have been wrought in your heart by a
divine power. All this is good. It comes from a good God; it works in a good
way; it leads to a good end; it will make a good death bed, and will land
you in a most blessed eternity.
Therefore "hold fast that which is good." Everything
which is commended to your conscience as really good; every good man; every
good minister; every child of God with whom you feel union or communion;
every good precept, word, and work; in short, whatever is fully commended to
your conscience as spiritual and divine, hold that fast, and you will find
the benefit of it. Discard and reject everything bad, unbecoming,
inconsistent, ungodly, erroneous, or heretical; discard them all--show them
no mercy. In heart but not in hand, hew them down, as Samuel hewed down Agag
in Gilgal.
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