The Peril of the Love of Praise
John 12:37-50
But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:…


A clergyman once had a dream, in which another popular clergyman appeared to him in his garden and asked the time of the day. "Twenty-five minutes past four," said the other. "It is then exactly an hour since I died, and I am damned;" "Damned for what?" said the other. "Not for not preaching the gospel, for I have many seals to my ministry; but I have sought the praise of men more than the praise of God." The first clergyman on going to the service in the evening (Sunday) was asked "if he had heard of the loss of such a church whose minister had died." "When?" said the clergyman. "Twenty-five minutes past three this afternoon!"



Parallel Verses
KJV: But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:

WEB: But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they didn't believe in him,




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