Verse 9
Those things which ye have both learned and received--Observe
I.
The apostle’s example. He preached, practised, experienced the truth.
II. Its permanent force. Still heard and seen in the word of inspiration--accompanied with Divine power and blessing. (J. Lyth, D. D.)
Observe
I. The apostle’s conscious integrity.
II. His bright example of faith, zeal, self-consecration, purity.
III. Its authority as a rule.
IV. The advantage of copying it. Peace on earth--in heaven. (J. Lyth, D. D.)
The force of example
During the siege of Sebastopol, Gordon was one day going the round of the trenches, when he heard an angry altercation between a corporal and a sapper. On inquiring the cause, he learnt that the men were instructed to place some gablons on the battery, and that the corporal had ordered the sapper to stand on the parapet, where he would be exposed to the enemy’s fire, and to place the gabions, while he, perfectly sheltered, handed them up from below. Gordon at once jumped upon the parapet, ordering the corporal to join him, while the sapper handed them the gabions. When the work was done, and done under the fire of the watchful Russian gunners, Gordon turned to the corporal, and said, “Never order a man to do anything that you are afraid to do yourself.”
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