O thou professor! thou lamp-carrier! have a care and look to
thyself; content not thyself with only that which will maintain thee
in a profession, for that may be done without saving grace; but I
advise thee to go to Aaron, to Christ the trimmer of our lamps, and
beg of him thy vessel full of oil, that is, grace for the seasoning
of thy heart, that thou mayest have wherewith not only to bear thee
up now, but at the day of the bridegroom's coming when many a lamp
will go out and many a professor be left in the dark.
Sin is in the best of men; and as long as it is so, without great
watchfulness and humble walking with God, we may be exposed to shame
and suffering for it. It is possible for Christians to suffer for
evil-doing, and therefore let Christians beware; it is possible for
Christians to be brought to public justice for their faults, and
therefore let Christians beware.
A Christian can never be overcome unless he should yield of himself.
There is no way to kill a man's righteousness but by his own
consent. This Job's wife knew full well; hence she tempted him to
lay violent hands on his own integrity. Job 2:9.