The Pharisaic spirit still haunts every child of Adam today. It is easy to be critical of Christs contemporaries and miss the repetition of their vainglory in ourselves. Yet deeply ingrained in our fallen nature is this thirst for the praise of men. It seems to be a devilish perversion of our basic psychological need to be wanted and to be loved. We hunger for applause, fish for compliments, thrive on flattery. It is the plaudits of men we want; we are not content with Gods approval now or with his Well done, good and faithful servant on the last day. Yet, as Calvin put it: What is more foolish, nay, what is more brutish, than to prefer the paltry approval of men to the judgment of God? - J. Stott
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 12:20:38 +0000
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