Housetop Christians

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Nov 8, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 44.

Housetop Christians

We very often hear the expressions, "housetop" Christians, or "on the house-top," or "on the pinnacle of the temple," and sundry other terms, to denote, as related to the Christian, great exaltation or happiness; but it is a noteworthy fact that the only time our Lord was on the pinnacle of the temple was when He was taken there by the devil for a special temptation. The promises are to the lowly and humble of heart. If we feel exalted, it is well to inquire what is under us. It is one of the paradoxes of Christian life that the Christian is never so much exalted in God's sight, never so much lifted above the trials of the world, as when he is walking modestly in the valley of humility. God dwells with the humble and contrite; could we ask a higher position?