"There is no such thing as a great man of God - only weak, pitiful, faithless men of a great and merciful God." - Paul Washer
I had heard lately that Paul Washer was ill, hopefully he is on the mend - I came across this quote of his recently. Its easy to look at Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Moses, David, Joseph, Job, etc and to hold them up as examples of great 'men of God'. Most of these are mentioned in Hebrews 11, a passage commonly referred to as the "heroes of the faith". But the reality is, there are no great men of God - Noah wasn't blameless (see Genesis 9), Abraham twice lied about his wife being his sister, among other things. Moses killed a man in anger. David killed a man out of envy and then stole his wife. These men walked out their faith, and that is high praise enough...they weren't perfect. Thanks to the merciful, loving, gracious and forgiving God we serve, we are offered forgiveness for our sins and for our lack of faithfulness, despite His perfect faithfulness towards us. He is the one who deserve the praise and glory.
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