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Men of Integrity, July/Aug 2000
This Week's Theme: Amazing Grace
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Monday, July 10
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"That's Not Fair!"
Key Bible Verse: If
you, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? (Psalm 130:3).
Bonus Reading: Psalm 130
I
told 250 college freshmen, "Three papers are assigned, due by noon the last
days of each month. Those turned in late will receive an F." On September
30, 225 students handed in their papers; 25 hadn't finished. Scared, they begged
for an extension. I relented.
October 31 came around.
Two hundred students brought papers; 50 nervous students came empty-handed.
Citing midterm pressures, they asked for another chance. "Okay," I
said, "but this is the last time."
On November 30, 150 students
brought their papers; 100 others strolled in unconcerned. "Where are your
papers?" I asked. One student replied, "We'll have 'em in a couple
of days, no sweat."
I picked up my grade book.
"Johnson! Do you have your paper?" "No, sir." "F,"
I said as I wrote the grade down.
"That's not fair!"
the students howled. "Lavery! Weren't you late with your paper last time?"
I asked. "If you insist on justice, I'll not only give you an F for this
assignment, but change your last grade to F."
That's what we do with
God. We first plead for mercy, then take it for granted. Because He's gracious,
we begin to demand mercy and are astonished by judgment.
—R. C. Sproul in Preaching Today
Personal Challenge:
- Praise God that He didn't give you what you
deserved.
Thought to Apply: The
hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men, and his compulsion is our
liberation.
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— C. S. LEWIS
(British scholar and writer)
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Credits: Adapted from— Monday: Preaching
Today (88)
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