The picture is of our pastor and his parents a few years ago at one of our fellowships at Walnut Street.
From the Pastor:
Leviticus 19:36 “Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have.”
Balances are commanded to be just, Weights and measures are also commanded to be kept just or accurate and fair. Surely no Christian needs to be reminded of this in his business, for if righteousness is not found anywhere else on the earth it can always be found in the hearts of the children of God. There are other balances besides those used for commerce. These weigh and measure moral and spiritual things, and these often need to be examined.
The balances in which we weigh our own and other men’s characters, are they accurate? Do we turn our own ounces of goodness into pounds on one hand, and then on the other turn other's bushels of kindnesses into pecks? Make sure you use the same measurement for yourself as you do others. The scales in which we measure our trials and troubles, are they according to standard set by the Apostle Paul? He had more to suffer than we have, and called his afflictions light, and yet we often consider ours to be heavy. Surely something must be unjust with our weights. Let us rather measure our suffering and that of others by the One who suffered for the sins of us all, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. When a rich man gives no more to the cause of God than the poor is that a just ephah and a just hin? When the poor are despised, while ungodly rich men are held in admiration, is that a just balance? Find out and destroy all unrighteous balances, all unjust weights and measures. Weigh works in the light of truth found in God's Holy Word.
From the Pastor:
Leviticus 19:36 “Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have.”
Balances are commanded to be just, Weights and measures are also commanded to be kept just or accurate and fair. Surely no Christian needs to be reminded of this in his business, for if righteousness is not found anywhere else on the earth it can always be found in the hearts of the children of God. There are other balances besides those used for commerce. These weigh and measure moral and spiritual things, and these often need to be examined.
The balances in which we weigh our own and other men’s characters, are they accurate? Do we turn our own ounces of goodness into pounds on one hand, and then on the other turn other's bushels of kindnesses into pecks? Make sure you use the same measurement for yourself as you do others. The scales in which we measure our trials and troubles, are they according to standard set by the Apostle Paul? He had more to suffer than we have, and called his afflictions light, and yet we often consider ours to be heavy. Surely something must be unjust with our weights. Let us rather measure our suffering and that of others by the One who suffered for the sins of us all, our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. When a rich man gives no more to the cause of God than the poor is that a just ephah and a just hin? When the poor are despised, while ungodly rich men are held in admiration, is that a just balance? Find out and destroy all unrighteous balances, all unjust weights and measures. Weigh works in the light of truth found in God's Holy Word.
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