Pilgrim’s Progress Stage 4: Whispers In The Dark (4:7)
He had not the wisdom either to stop his ears, or to know from whence those wicked words came.
He had not the wisdom either to stop his ears, or to know from whence those wicked words came.
The ditch on the right represents the spiritual blindness that leads to doctrinal heresy.
The mire on the other side is sin that leads to despair.
Each time he took another wound, he grew weaker. Every time we fall to sin, it becomes harder to resist the next temptation.
He is in a cage of his own making, forged from his own choices, and he cannot get out.
We were created to do good works just as the sweeping servant is doing what he was hired to do. But without the good news of God’s grace, our works under the law alone do nothing but stir up trouble.
The Slough of Despond is not an obstacle placed there by an enemy. It is not a punishment. It is simply the natural consequence of a person who has just come alive to their own sinfulness.
Most of us spend enormous energy making sure our rags do not show.
Westboro Baptist protester… KKK marcher down in Charlottesville… you are not a Christian. Stop lying to yourself and the world.
I fully agree with those who have called this the worst freelance gig in history.
We are not just blind. We are blind to our blindness.