you, he that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber." "I am the door of the sheep." He, then, who does not acknowledge the Lord Jesus Christ as God, nor look to Him in His Divine Humanity, but passing by Him, seeks to climb up some other way into heaven, is guilty of spiritual theft and robbery. For he who does not acknowledge a visible God, by worshiping the Lord Jesus Christ, but looks only to an invisible abstract Being whom he terms "God," but of whom he can form no idea, and therefore to whom he can offer no true worship,—does in reality fall back on himself, and in his heart attributes merit and righteousness to himself, and so steals from the Lord. Let us, then, look to the Lord alone, and ascribe ail merit to Him: so shall we be truly honest and sincere and humble in heart.
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