THE COWERING DISCIPLE
“Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind. 2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, 3 now that you have tasted that the Lord is good.”
-1 Peter 2:1-3
God’s Word exposes the corruption of the human heart.
“The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked: who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9, King James Bible)
The moral weakness and failure which we are prone to succumb, is an objective reality. The Apostle Peter was the only Apostle who knew the feeling of being directly confronted with his lies and betrayal. He denied the Lord by his false pretense, and lies. He was the most outspoken and impulsive of the Apostles, yet he turned into a cowering, fearful broken man.
We all struggle with our human frailties. The propensity to lie, deceive, to be proud, envious and malicious and to do evil are badges of sin which corrupts the human heart.
The Apostle Peter knew whereof he speaks. He exhorted that in striving for holiness, we should get rid, remove, and expunge from our hearts all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy and slander. Instead, we should crave for spiritual food and nourishment so we would grow up in holiness.
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