If the consecration be
to the Lord, then every sacrifice of our just rights and interests
on behalf of ourselves as Christians, on behalf of husband or
children, father or mother, neighbors or friends, brethren in
Christ, is counted of the Lord as so much done to Him; whereas if
the very same services were rendered from any other standpoint—by
anyone unjustified, and not consecrated to the Lord, or merely done
to the individuals and not as a sacrifice unto the Lord—these things
would not count to us as His followers, as our
sacrifices. |