The Bullet of Repentance: Watch Out for the Tepid Life
A great tree can be destroyed by sudden lightning or a slow decaying disease. The Christian who lives many years without obvious “outer sin” can still be guilty of a marginally effective Christian life. In fact, their “lukewarmness” could do greater damage to the cause of Christ than an earnest believer who stumbles! (Revelation 3:15-16).
The real issue for those who “hunger after righteousness” is not … repeat … is not, sitting in judgment on those who fail. All preachers and laymen will sometimes choose sin, embrace failure and pursue error in various degrees. All of us often serve as “good examples of what not to be!”
The mature can always profit from their own failures as well as the failures of others. We must leave the ultimate evaluation of people’s failures and successes to God alone. He is the only one capable of defining what is “big sin” and “little sin.” He alone is capable of judging in truth the total effect of a life … clergy or layman … good or bad!
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