Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put
away from you, with all malice.
--Ephesians 4:31
Dispositional sins are fully as injurious to the Christian cause as
the more overt acts of wickedness. These sins are as many as the
various facets of human nature. Just so there may be no
misunderstanding let us list a few of them: Sensitiveness,
irritability, churlishness, faultfinding, peevishness, temper,
resentfulness, cruelty, uncharitable attitudes; and of course
there are many more. These kill the spirit of the church and slow
down any progress which the gospel may be making in the community.
Many persons who had been secretly longing to find Christ have
been turned away and embittered by manifestations of ugly
dispositional flaws in the lives of the very persons who were
trying to win them....
Unsaintly saints are the tragedy of Christianity. People of the
world usually pass through the circle of disciples to reach
Christ, and if they find those disciples severe and sharp-tongued
they can hardly be blamed if they sigh and turn away from Him....
The low state of religion in our day is largely due to the lack of
public confidence in religious people.
"Oh Lord, may I never be an 'unsaintly saint!' Give me a pleasant
disposition today, not that people would be attracted to me, but
that through me they may be irresistably drawn to Christ. Amen."
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