Hi, Jennifer. I appreciate your work but while I don't always agree w/ Voddie, I think he was simply trying to emphasize this scriptural truth in his use of Solomon, David, and Sampson: "Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall" (1 Cor 10:12). Your pointing us to the wisest, strongest, and godliest---the Lord Jesus---at the end of your post, is, of course, the remedy for our sin-prone selves; but we are also to learn from those on the "flannel board" as they too are designed to point us to Christ (vv. 1-14). I think you're helpfully reminding believers that we're new in Christ, and Voddie is helpfully reminding us that we're not yet glorified and that we must "take heed" and refrain from "patting ourselves on the back" (which is to turn the spotlight off or Savior) because when we do, we're capable of committing evils that ought not even to be named among God's people on our pathway to glory. It should be sobering and cause us to cry to God to guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Hi, Jennifer. I appreciate your work but while I don't always agree w/ Voddie, I think he was simply trying to emphasize this scriptural truth in his use of Solomon, David, and Sampson: "Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall" (1 Cor 10:12). Your pointing us to the wisest, strongest, and godliest---the Lord Jesus---at the end of your post, is, of course, the remedy for our sin-prone selves; but we are also to learn from those on the "flannel board" as they too are designed to point us to Christ (vv. 1-14). I think you're helpfully reminding believers that we're new in Christ, and Voddie is helpfully reminding us that we're not yet glorified and that we must "take heed" and refrain from "patting ourselves on the back" (which is to turn the spotlight off or Savior) because when we do, we're capable of committing evils that ought not even to be named among God's people on our pathway to glory. It should be sobering and cause us to cry to God to guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.