Forgiven Souls Have the Greatest Cause to be Humble by J. C. Ryle<\/p>\n
They cannot forget that they owe all they have and hope for to free grace, and this keeps them lowly. They are brands plucked from the fire, \u00e2\u20ac\u201ddebtors who could not pay for themselves,\u00e2\u20ac\u201dcaptives who must have remained in prison for ever, but for undeserved mercy,\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwandering sheep who were ready to perish when the shepherd found them,\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand what right then have they to be proud? I do not deny that there are proud saints. But this I do say, they are of all God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s creatures the most inconsistent,\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand of all God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s children, the most likely to stumble and pierce themselves with many sorrows. Forgiveness more often produces the spirit of Jacob :\u00e2\u20ac\u201d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth which thou hast shewed unto thy servant ;\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 (Gen. 32:10.) and of Hezekiah, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI shall go softly all my years ;\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 (Isaiah 38:15.) and of the apostle Paul, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcI am less than the least of all saints,\u00e2\u20ac\u201dchief of sinners\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 (Eph. 3:8 ;\u00e2\u20ac\u201d1 Tim. 1:15.) Ah! brethren, when you and I have nothing we can call our own but sin and weakness, there is surely no garment that becomes us so well as humility.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
– J.C. Ryle (1816-1900) Consider Your Ways: Being a Pastor\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Address to His Flock. 10th Thousand, Revised and Adapted to All Seasons, 1849.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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