5. By contrast with those who turn into crooked ways, where does God look for true uprightness? Psalm 125:4.
NOTE: ‘How many who profess to believe the word of God are, day by day, with earnest faith and prayer, gathering the precious light from Jesus, and letting it shine forth to the world so brightly that the darkness and evil are rebuked, and the world is forced to give glory to God? Are you bringing the purity, the patience, and the love of Jesus into your life? Is your light shining in clear, steady rays? If not, your profession is only mockery. Have the mists of worldliness gathered about your soul, so that your light is growing feeble and obscure? Come close to the great Source of light, that they may be dispelled. Why remain in darkness? Why talk gloom? “Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.” Signs of the Times, September 28, 1891.
6. Which two parts of our lives reveal if we are upright in heart? Psalm 19:13-14.
NOTE: ‘The Lord understands our secret faults. It is impossible to deceive Him, or to hide our ways from Him; for an accurate account is kept of the conduct of every person, in his relations both to God and his fellow-men. Every act of our lives is before Him, and will be brought into judgement. We are each of us building a structure which will be subjected to the scrutiny of the Judge of the whole earth. This structure, which is going up daily, is our individual character; and every act, yes, every thought and word of our lives, is a stone in the building. If day by day we are carefully building into our lives noble, upright deeds, pure thoughts, and kind words, we shall not be ashamed when the structure is judged by the Lord Jehovah; for it will be as a fair temple which will stand fast forever.’ Bible Echo, June 1, 1887.