THE DANGER OF MY LIFE IS GOING IT ALONE, WITHOUT GOD’S WAY (Humility) AND WITHOUT GOD’S WORD (the Bible). v. 16-17
- Have you found the guide who can get you through the labyrinthical maze of life? Will you take His hand and let Him lead you to heaven?
- An article that appeared in Christianity Today (June 21st, 1974) was describing the Christians in the former Soviet Union. In that article is a paragraph that beautifully illustrates this hope which changes life for all who are in Christ. A former criminal, Kozlov, later a church leader, writes of life in a Soviet prison:
Among the general despair, while prisoners like myself were cursing ourselves, the camp, the authorities; while we opened up our veins, or our stomachs, or hanged ourselves; the Christians (often with sentences of twenty to twenty-five years) did not despair. One could see Christ reflected in their faces. Their pure, upright life, deep faith and devotion to God, their gentleness and their wonderful manliness, became a shining example of real-life for thousands.
That is authentic Christianity, whenever and wherever it appears.
Newton wrote,
Amazing grace-how sweet the sound- That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see.
Newton never forgot God’s mercy to him. Once a friend of Newton was complaining about someone who was resistant to the gospel and living a life of great sin. “Sometimes I almost despair of that man,” the friend remarked. “I never did despair of any man since God saved me,” said Newton.