Jesus Christ And the Christian Character: An Examination of the Teaching of ...
Jesus Christ And the Christian Character: An Examination of the Teaching of ...
Peabody Francis Greenwood
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It is better known as single- mindedness, the uncomplicated directness of a life which moves toward a thoroughly determined end. In the Revised Version the saying of Paul reads, not " The simplicity that is in Christ," but " The simplicity that is toward Christ." The movement of a life toward Christ simplifies character by giv- ing it a way to go. The Christian character has poise, yet it is not the poise of rest, but the poise of motion ; as a bird, which seems to lie inactive on the air, is b...orne straight to its aim by the perfect balance of its wings. " If therefore thine eye be single," says Jesus, " thy whole body shall be full of light." ' Single-mindedness throws its light on the path of life, and the crooked problems of experience become illuminated and simplified. What compli- cates life is its divided aim, its double standard, its uncertainty of direction. When it turns with un- deviating directness toward Christ, then simplicity meets it on the way. ' To the poise and single-mindedness which mark the Christian character, there is added a third trait, ^ 2 Cor.
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