It is the will of God that Christ both did and taught.
Humility in dealings with others;
steadfastness in faith;
modesty in words;
justice in deeds;
mercifulness in works;
discipline in morals.
To be unable to do a wrong,
and to be able to bear a wrong when it is done;
to keep peace with the brethren;
to love God with all one’s heart;
to love God because he is a Father
but fear him because he is God;
to prefer nothing whatever to Christ
because he preferred nothing to us;
to adhere inseparably to his love;
to stand faithfully and bravely by his cross;
when there is any conflict over his name and honour,
to exhibit in discourse that steadfastness in which we proclaim him;
in torture, to show that confidence in which we unite;
in death, that patience in which we are crowned
this is what it means to want to be co-heirs with Christ,
this is what it means to do what God commands,
this is what it is to fulfil the will of the Father.
He who does the will of my Father in heaven,
he shall enter the kingdom of heaven.
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