Wisdom from Dr. J. Vernon McGee today from TTB.org:
“The human
heart resents criticism. Human nature
rebels against judgement being passed on ‘em.
We like to be handed a passel of little rules and regulations, and that’s
the reason all of these little courses are so popular today; because Christians
want to be legalistic whether they know it or not. They don’t want to live by grace. Give ‘em a few little rules that they can go
by- and we have as a result, a group of Band-Aid believers today. They just put this little Band-Aid on and
they think that that’s all they need to heal a broken leg or something.
Why?
Because this old nature that you and I have, it will purr like a pussy
cat when flattered, but it will bristle like a porcupine when failure to do a
job is recorded. And that’s the reason
that the present position of Christ and his contemporary work, as One who
inspects us, is largely ignored by the Church.
He
occupies the position as Judge of the Church and members. And he does not flatter. He does not ignore what he sees. He doesn’t shut his eyes to sin and that
which is wrong. His constant charge and
command to His Church, as we’re going to see:
Repent! Change!
Or I’ll come to you and I’ll remove your lampstand. And the Church as smarted and squirmed under
this indictment down through the ages and still does.
It’s a
natural resentment that’s in the heart.”
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