Luther League Topic: The Ten Commandments

Davenport, Iowa, 1903

The Luther League topic for March 8 is a continuation of a study of the Ten Commandments. Those are found in the 20th chapter of Exodus.

The commandments, together with the sermon on the mount, form the basis of Christian duty. These require self-sacrifice. He who finds it easy to excuse himself from all service requiring self-sacrifice may imagine that he enjoys religion, but he is mistaken. What he fancies to be a religious experience is an emotional delusion.

We cannot be truly religious without the spirit of Christ. A selfish soul would be utterly miserable in heaven. Its society would not be congenial to him. Each of us will find hereafter the home for which he lives here.