A likeable quotation.
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Nothing indeed so disturbs the world as to see a man thoroughly happy in the Lord. It is not finding fault with the world that rouses its feelings, but the certainty that you have got a blessing to which they do not even pretend....
You are in trial, or difficulty, poor, persecuted, in prison, or dying; yet you are thoroughly happy. What can the world do with a man that nothing can conquer? It may oppose, insult, punish; but he only gives God thanks, and rejoices the more, and this without in the least making light of what is done. What can the world do with such a man? "This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith."
-William Kelly, Lectures on the Book of Judges
I think he really hits the nail on the head. I'd like to read the rest of this if for no other reason than to see how he ties such a serene, happy message into the Book of Judges: without a doubt one of the most violent, ugly, books in the Bible. Never read it? Okay, just how violent is it? Remember Kill Bill? It's more violent than that. Just how ugly is it? Remember Uma Thurman's feet in Kill Bill? It's uglier than that.
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Nothing indeed so disturbs the world as to see a man thoroughly happy in the Lord. It is not finding fault with the world that rouses its feelings, but the certainty that you have got a blessing to which they do not even pretend....
You are in trial, or difficulty, poor, persecuted, in prison, or dying; yet you are thoroughly happy. What can the world do with a man that nothing can conquer? It may oppose, insult, punish; but he only gives God thanks, and rejoices the more, and this without in the least making light of what is done. What can the world do with such a man? "This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith."
-William Kelly, Lectures on the Book of Judges
I think he really hits the nail on the head. I'd like to read the rest of this if for no other reason than to see how he ties such a serene, happy message into the Book of Judges: without a doubt one of the most violent, ugly, books in the Bible. Never read it? Okay, just how violent is it? Remember Kill Bill? It's more violent than that. Just how ugly is it? Remember Uma Thurman's feet in Kill Bill? It's uglier than that.