Gold Nugget 132 - Out of the Heart
Taste is not only a part and index of morality; it is the only morality. The first and last and closest trial-question to any living creature is – What do you like? Tell me what you like, and I’ll tell you what you are.” Exactly! So says the gospel. “Out of the heart are the issues of life;” “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” This is a true teaching, and may open up a new view of moral and spiritual life to the thoughtful mind. …
You must watch life in its temper and spirit at all times and in all places. You may be deceived by good actions. … Think of this. Good actions do not make a good man; it is the good man that makes the good actions.
The Pulpit Commentary, I Timothy p. 17-18, I Timothy 1:5, (W. M. Statham)
Gold Nugget 132
Out of the Heart
