“I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of
the Lord to be trustworthy.”
1 Corinthians 7:25
God does not want the man he creates to be like a machine,
having no freedom of choice but having to obey perfectly. It would be easy for him
to make such a machine. There would be no trouble with man, but neither would
there be glory for God. Such obedience and goodness have no spiritual value.
There may not be any fault or sin, yet neither can there be holiness, for the
obedience is passive. God rejects such a thing.
God does not want an automaton; he wants a man with a free
will. It is a calculated risk with God to choose man as a minister of the Word.
Yet in spite of the complexity of man and his many problems of sin and
weakness, God entrusts his Word to man. Through the greatest rigor God obtains
the highest glory.
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