Gold Nugget 177 - The Heart of Stone
All unregenerate men are selfish. Men are everywhere preying on men; and, alas! often those who most lament the universal selfishness are the most selfish. Like the ravenous birds which seem to bewail the sheep when dying, they are ready to pick out their eyes when their opportunity comes. “Where every man is for himself,” says an old author, “the devil will have all.”
This selfishness is the heart of stone in humanity, which must be exchanged for a heart of flesh, or the man will be damned. What but the gospel can effect this change? Oh that those who call themselves Christians would cherish and exemplify that disinterestedness which alone gives title to the name!
“I would so live,” said Seneca, “as if I knew I had received my being only for the benefit of others.”
The Pulpit Commentary, Habakkuk p. 22, Habakkuk 1:14-17, (D. Thomas)
Gold Nugget 177
The Heart of Stone
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