Luke 19:22-23. And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
"Thou mightest have done that, at any rate, even if thou wast afraid to trade with it, as I bade thee." God often deals with men on their own ground, and condemns them out of their own mouth. They say that God is very severe in threatening them with "the wrath to come." Well, if you so believe, and so speak, there is the more reason why you should fear to disobey him, and so to incur his just displeasure. If, in spite of such terrible threatenings, you still defy him, it only brings out the more clearly the greatness of your guilt.
Luke 19:22-23. And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
"Thou mightest have done that, at any rate, even if thou wast afraid to trade with it, as I bade thee." God often deals with men on their own ground, and condemns them out of their own mouth. They say that God is very severe in threatening them with "the wrath to come." Well, if you so believe, and so speak, there is the more reason why you should fear to disobey him, and so to incur his just displeasure. If, in spite of such terrible threatenings, you still defy him, it only brings out the more clearly the greatness of your guilt.