1. I am a sinner (1 Tim. 1:15)
- Remember what I was (think on the sins you’ve been delivered from)
- Remember what I could be now (if God had not stopped you)
- Remember what I still am (research your own heart)
- Remember what I could yet be (if God removed His restraining grace)
Follow the example of godly me from the past who turned the devil’s deadly weapon of pride back upon himself by using it to keep them humble.
Robert M. McCheyne: “Oh, for true unfeigned humility; I know not how to be truly humble. I know I have cause to be humble, but I do not know one half of that cause; I know I am proud, and yet I do Not know half of my pride.”
J. Edwards: (twenty years after his conversion) “I abhor the bottomless, infinite depths of wickedness and pride left in my own heart.”
Richard Baxter: “Pride not only goes with me into the study, but often chooses my very subject and sometimes my very words. Pride writes my sermon, pride goes with me to the pulpit; it forms my tone and animates my delivery. It takes me off of that which may be displeasing to the people and sets me in pursuit of vain applause from my hearers. And when I have preached, pride goes home with me and causes me to eagerly seek for sings that I am applauded, rather than signs that my message was useful in the saving of souls.” Keep Reading>>>
No comments:
Post a Comment