The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he will lose sight of what is essential.

What is the "extraordinary"? It is the love of Jesus Christ himself, love that goes to the cross in suffering obedience.

After he has been following Christ for a long time, the disciple of Jesus will be asked, "Lacked ye anything?" and he will answer "Nothing, Lord." How could he when he knows that despite hunger and nakedness, persecution and danger, the Lord is always at his side?

The cross is suffering with Christ.

The time is short. Eternity is long. It is the time of decision.

Only the believer obeys — obedience follows faith, the way good fruit comes from a good tree. Only the obedient believe.

Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes.