Chapter Thirteen: Holiness And Our Wills
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: HOLINESS AND OUR WILLS
[1] In the New International Version the phrase from this verse reads, “Set your hearts on things above.” However, Paul evidently used heart here in its more limited meaning of affections or emotions, since in verse 2 he told us to set our minds —that is, our intellect —on things above. Thus he exhorted us to set both our affections and our reason on spiritual values.
[2] The list of books which uniquely meet each person’s needs will of course vary. My own list will not necessarily motivate the reader, but, for whatever it is worth, it includes Romans: An Exposition of Chapter 6 —The New Man by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, and Temptation and Sin by John Owen (both previously cited in this book); and two other short, readable books: Power through Prayer by E. M. Bounds (Zondervan), and The Life of Robert Murray McCheyne by Andrew Bonar (Banner of Truth Trust). I must say, however, that day-in and day-out the Scriptures themselves motivate me more to holiness than all the books in my library.