The Persistent Spider They hatch vipers’ eggs and weave the spider’s web; he who eats of their eggs dies, and from that which is crushed a viper breaks out. (Isaiah 59:5) Many years ago we had in our home a stubborn spider that kept building a web against our house. No matter how many times we swept it away, the spider and its web would reappear the next morning. One day I enlisted the help of my son, as well as a small stick and a can of insect spray. I had my son gently tap on the web while I tried to sound like a fly in distress. The hungry spider came out of its hiding place, and that’s when I killed it with the insect spray. There is a stubborn web of sin that continually plagues mankind. It is the web of violence, corruption, rape, greed, wars, theft, etc. We try to sweep it away through political means. Yet these crimes continue, and the root cause of the problem remains in hiding. We must use the stick of God’s Law to gently tap on the human heart. Suddenly, the cause of sin appears. And that is when sin can be put to death with the power of the gospel. So hold still while I “tap” you with God’s Law to see if we can find the spider. Do you consider yourself to be good person―have you kept the Ten Commandments, all of them?
Posted on: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:28:20 +0000
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