DAILY?READINGS: Joshua 3; Hosea 11:12 to 14:9; Luke 20:20 to 21:4
But beware of men… Matthew 10:17
Like a gate sign warning of a dog, our Lord reminds us that the world will be unkind to His ambassadors. Men are reliably evil in the issues that flow from their hearts (Mark 7:21), and rebellion against God’s rule will be the epitaph of humanity. Paul said he became all things to all men (1 Cor. 9:22) but that was not his ultimate goal. It was the means to his goal—seeing some saved. If we lose sight of that, we will find out just how treacherous this world can be! —Rick Morse
If I must have some failing,
let me rather speak the truth with too great severity,
than once to act the hypocrite and conceal the truth.
—Martin Luther