Psalms 45:7. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Christ is no neutral. He loves righteousness, and hates wickedness. He is like fire in all that he does. There is about him a certain strength of heart, both to love and to hate; and it is for this reason that God loves him, for God hates lukewarmness. "So then, because thou art neither cold nor hot," says he, "I will spue thee out of my mouth." But Christ is never neutral about those matters. He loves righteousness. He hates wickedness. "Therefore, God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows." And if you want to have the oil of gladness, dear friends, you must not be neutral. You that live betwixt and between - that are neither very good nor very bad - that are not decided worldlings, nor yet decided Christians, you never have any joy at all. You see, you do not go enough into the world to get its joy, bad and base as it is; and you do not go enough into Christ’s kingdom to get its joy; so you get no comfort either way. Oh! to be cast into the kingdom altogether - thrown into it as a man into the deep sea, and swallowed up in it! In its lowest depths are the sweetest waters.
Psalms 45:7. Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Christ is no neutral. He loves righteousness, and hates wickedness. He is like fire in all that he does. There is about him a certain strength of heart, both to love and to hate; and it is for this reason that God loves him, for God hates lukewarmness. "So then, because thou art neither cold nor hot," says he, "I will spue thee out of my mouth." But Christ is never neutral about those matters. He loves righteousness. He hates wickedness. "Therefore, God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows." And if you want to have the oil of gladness, dear friends, you must not be neutral. You that live betwixt and between - that are neither very good nor very bad - that are not decided worldlings, nor yet decided Christians, you never have any joy at all. You see, you do not go enough into the world to get its joy, bad and base as it is; and you do not go enough into Christ’s kingdom to get its joy; so you get no comfort either way. Oh! to be cast into the kingdom altogether - thrown into it as a man into the deep sea, and swallowed up in it! In its lowest depths are the sweetest waters.