REMEMBER PHILIP, THOU MUST DIE. REMEMBER PHILIP, THOU MUST LIVE

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There is a story told about Philip of Macedonia, the father of Alexander the Great, who assigned to a slave a most unusual task. Each morning the slave was required to come to Philip’s room and coldly interrupt whatever the king was doing or thinking, “Remember, Philip, thou must die.”

And perhaps that is part of the task set before us –to remind ourselves of our immortality but also our mortality. For while it is a blow to the ego, it is also a wisdom to the soul. What do we live for? What are we willing to live without?

To look at our engraved stationery, or our name on the mailbox, or office door, or on the little box of tithing envelopes and remind ourselves that this life is short. There is, indeed, something about confronting the here-now with the hereafter that makes one pause to think.

Certain questions then rise to the fore, such as: are we a Christian society with too many pagan habits, or a pagan society some-times practicing Christian ethics? Do we sometimes confuse kindness with Christianity?

And because we no longer engage in duels, or keep slaves, or work children 15 hours a day, does that make us a Christian nation?

It is fine to be committed to being a decent human being. No one can argue against that. It is excellent to be committed to family and great to be committed to a savings account. Prudent financial practice is a sign of maturity.

It is a good thing to be committed to some relaxation and recreation. The weary are no more holy than the rested.

But, out in the night there is a cross, and the Man hanging there cannot really be taken down till every man, every woman and every child comes to take Him down.

For whom and what and where and when do we live. For yes Philip, or Mary, or Sam, or Jane you must die but also you must live. For whom and what and where and when!

Ecclesiastes 12:13
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

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