Emphasis Preaching Journal
Christ is purposely setting standards...
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Christ is purposely setting standards higher than we can attain, for the higher our standards the higher will be our achievements. As the poet Browning wrote: "A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for." Man's problem is that too often he does not even try. A great inventor of yesteryear, Alfred Steinmetz, was a genius at making new discoveries in the field of electrical power. Near the end of his brilliant career, he attended a dinner with a number of close friends, and after the meal they gathered for an evening of visiting.