Sincere Belief no Safeguard
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Proverbs 16:25
There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.


See that man who is just too late, or the other, who was sitting quietly at his breakfast when he heard the departing signal. Neither can believe he is in fault. Oh, no! his watch is right. The conductor hurried the train; the agent's watch is out of order.

1. There has been error. His watch was wrong, after all. He did not take care to set it by the true standard. Men fail of success because they adopt wrong principles. They blame the Bible, the Church, the ministry; anything, anybody, everything, everybody, rather than self.

2. Our sincere belief that we are right will not save us. God has a certain fixed, and immutable, and holy law. If we follow his teachings we shall be safe; but if we follow our own notions He makes no provision for our faults; we are left to suffer.

3. There are favoured times for obtaining God's favour.

(Christian Treasury.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

WEB: There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.




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