Fragment: Nearness to Christ

 
“Be of good cheer” (Matt. 14:27). “Preach the word” (2 Tim. 4:2).
A person who goes to preach in a heathen place knows what he has to do. His difficulty is not nearly so great as that of a Christian with the world that professes to be Christian. If not very near to Christ, a man cannot discern what is the world and what is of Christ.
J. N. Darby