“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”
(Rom. 6:23)
Years ago I was watching the popular TV show Beverly Hillbillies, for you who can remember that far back. Granny had just paid her bill at the grocery store and was leaving, when the the young checkout clerk yelled, “Mam, you’re a little short.” To which the elderly responded, while rolling up her sleeves, “I may be a little short but I can take you on, sonny.”
In man’s case, it is God who has said we all have come up short. I don’t advise you to challenge Him on this issue. If you do, you’re sure to come up short! I find most all Christians would agree with this truth, concerning the unregenerate. But when you apply it to the saved, many are slow to accept being put into the same category as the non-Christian.
But the wise man tells us, “For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not” (Ecc. 7:20) . We may have a godly new tenant who moved in, but it is still the same old dilapidated house. You can whitewash it if you want, but underneath it is still rotting away. The Pharisees tried a new coat of paint, but the old showed through.
Our humanity limits us in many areas where we would desire to be and do differently. Paul’s statement in Romans chapter seven articulates what all godly saints experience: “I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.” Like it or not, we’ll drag that old dead corpse with us everywhere we go, til death or His glorious coming!
“God knows what we would do, if we could do it; if not for our human frailties.”
(rds)
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