NEVER SAY NEVER
“I could never do that.” Familiar? I guess so. Who among us can plead, “Not guilty” of uttering this common phrase ? Whenever we speak such rubbish you can be assured, whether one likes to admit it or not, it comes from a pharisaical spirit or ignorance as to the power of indwelling sin.
A GOOD EXAMPLE
On at least three different occasions Peter said he had or would never do such and such a thing: 1) let Jesus wash his feet; he did; 2) had never eaten anything unclean; he ate with the Gentile believers; 3) that he would never deny Christ; he did! He, like us, was surprised at what he was capable of.
THE ROOT PROBLEM
Rather than, “condescending to men of low estate,” and “esteeming the other better than ourselves,” we look on them with contempt. Down deep, unless the Holy Spirit has done a work of grace in our hearts, we think ourselves a notch up from all others, as Peter did when he referred to “all men.”
“BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD THERE GO I”
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