Only One Pair of Shoes

“How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!  how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.”

There is no more tragic character than the being who is expert in that which he has never lived. Lucifer studied God and was convinced he could be a living deity of equal skill. Though a third of the angels applauded him, Lucifer lost his exalted position in heaven.

Adam decided God was a liar. Adam believed that he could attain divinity by defying God. Adam lost paradise and access to everlasting life in fellowship with God. He became a cursed creature destined to be reduced to dust.

And so it goes---for there is nothing new under the sun.

There is no end of people who neither live Christianity nor have an open ear to it’s teachings. That is their choice; no godly person denies them that freedom. Yet it rankles the conscious of the worldly wise that others choose to embrace Christianity. They profess to have honestly studied religion, and from that study, possess the knowledge of what it takes to be Godlike. It seems no one understands God and holiness like those who deny the power of both. None seems able to understand Christianity as those who denounce it and refuse to experience it. (Strange that these same people are such advocates of experimental knowledge.) Paul warned Timothy those who are wise in their own eyes are “Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.”

“Who can understand his errors?  cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.”