"For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified" (1 Cor 2:2).
For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
especially respecting the denial of self, and of all created things, as the primary and most necessary characteristic of his true disciples. He has said, “The way is narrow, and the gate is strait.” Let us therefore regard and reject everything, internally or externally, that would represent it to our corrupt and carnal natures as a broad and easy way.
Gerhard Tersteegen
Thou hidden love of God, whose height, Whose depth unfathom’d no man knows,I see from far thy beauteous light, Inly I sigh…
in which the Old Serpent so gladly lurks, and endeavours under the most plausible pretexts, to allure us from simplicity…
You must withdraw into yourself a little and keep quiet before the face of God, then look gently and perfectly…
but continue near to God, yea, cleave unto him with our affections, desires, and inclinations. Let us also watch over…