Gifts as Fruit

Not that I desire a gift, but I desire fruit that may abound to your account. Phil. 4:17 Not the gift, but the fruit! How consistently spiritual, seeking the Kingdom of God, the apostle reveals himself to be! He had received a gift from his beloved church at Philippi through Epaphroditus. And he had rejoiced in the Lord, that now at last their care of him had flour­ished again. Yes, at the sight of that gift, he had rejoiced in the Lord, as being in Him, a branch of the true Vine; and,...