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<h2>460. TWO FOLLOWINGS</h2>
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<p>1. <b>Coldness.</b> "And Peter followed afar off" (<a id="fem460-si" onclick="return mV('Luk',22,54);">Luk 22:54</a>). This is one of the seven downward steps in the fall of Peter. The first was self-confidence; the second was sleeping instead of watching; the third was doing what he had no authority to do, namely, cutting off the ear of the servant of the high priest; the fourth was following afar off; the fifth was sitting down in the company of the ungodly; the sixth was denying his Master; and the seventh was denying Him with oaths and curses (<a id="fem460-si" onclick="return mV('Luk',22,33,45,50,54,55,57);">Luk 22:33, 45, 50, 54, 55, 57</a>; <a id="fem460-si" onclick="return mV('Mat',26,72,74);">Mat 26:72, 74</a>). Beware of the first step, for it leads to all the rest.</p>
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<p>2. <b>Cleaving.</b> "My soul followeth hard after Thee" (<a id="fem460-si" onclick="return mV('Psa',63,8);">Psa 63:8</a>), or as it might be rendered, "is glued to Thee." The Hebrew word rendered "followeth" here is the same as is rendered in <a id="fem460-si" onclick="return mV('Gen',2,24);">Gen 2:24</a>, "cleave"; in <a id="fem460-si" onclick="return mV('Rth',1,14);">Rth 1:14</a> "clave"; in <a id="fem460-si" onclick="return mV('Psa',119,31);">Psa 119:31</a> "stuck"; in <a id="fem460-si" onclick="return mV('Jer',42,16);">Jer 42:16</a> "follow close"; in <a id="fem460-si" onclick="return mV('Job',41,17);">Job 41:17</a> "joined"; and in <a id="fem460-si" onclick="return mV('Gen',31,23);">Gen 31:23</a> "overtook." Now if we look at the above Scriptures, we find the following thoughts:—Affection, devotion, faithfulness, attention, oneness, and earnestness. If we are following hard after the Lord there will be:</p>
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<li>Affection for Him.</li>
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<li>Devotedness to Him.</li>
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<li>Faithfulness to Him.</li>
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<li>Attention to Him.</li>
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<li>Oneness with Him.</li>
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<li>Earnestness of aim to be near Him.</li>
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<p>"Hard after Thee." As the sheep follows the shepherd; as the student his studies; as the business man his business; as the athlete for the prize; as the bird after its food; and as a hunter after the prey.</p>
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<p>"Thee." Not theories, not dogmas, not self, not the world, or pleasure, but Thee, Thee alone, and Thee always.</p>
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