There is no such thing as a great man of God, only weak, pitiful, faithless men of a great and merciful God.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes that greatness comes not from individuals but from their faith in a higher power.
Paul Washer's quote highlights the idea that no person can claim true greatness on their own; instead, any perceived greatness is a reflection of their relationship with a compassionate and forgiving God. It suggests that all humans are inherently weak and flawed, and it is through faith and reliance on divine mercy that one can find strength and purpose.
In practice
This quote can be used in a sermon to illustrate the importance of humility before God.
We deal five minutes with a person and their conversion and then we spend the next fifty years trying to disciple a goat into a sheep. I'm not saying this because I'm angry. I'm saying this because countless people are being deceived.
Pray for the field. If God calls, then prepare for the field. When it is time, go to the field. A life lost for Christ is a life well spent.
Those who would send out thousands of questionnaires asking the unconverted what they would desire most in a worship service should realize that ten thousand unanimous opinions of carnal men do not carry the authority of one jot or tittle of God's Word.
The evidence of conversion is not a decision card filled out, it's a life being lived out.
Repentance is simply giving up to stop fighting against God and to stop attempting to gain your own salvation through your own works; to literally give up and fall upon Christ. That is salvation.
When we realize what we were before Christ and what we deserved in that state, it further magnifies the enormity of the gospel for us.
Not to be born is undoubtedly the best plan of all. Unfortunately, it is within no one's reach.
Vice does not lose its character by becoming fashionable.
Our government's got a war on drugs. That's certainly better than no drugs at all.
That's all that counts. People being sorry. Makes you feel better; gives you a sense of dignity, and that's all that's important; a sense of dignity. And it doesn't matter if you don't care or not, either. You got to have a sense of dignity, even if you don't care, 'cause, if you don't have that, civilization's doomed.
Nations sometimes flourish by denying the crimes that brought them into being. Only when the original invasion, occupation, extermination or usurpation has been safely thrust into the political unconscious can sovereignty feel secure.
Heaven and Earth last for ever. Why do Heaven and Earth last for ever? They are unborn, so ever living. The sage stays behind, thus he is ahead. He is detached, thus at one with all. Through selfless action, he attains fulfillment.
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