p. 171 | Take Warning by Moody

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Apr 13, 1882

Take Warning.

By Moody

THE trouble with Peter was his self-confidence. That is the trouble with a good many of us. We have more self-confidence than we are warranted in having. Peter said if all the others deserted Christ he wouldn't. Many men to-day are trying to reform themselves. They depend on their own strength and faith. The strongest men in the Bible failed in their strongest point. Abraham was the man of faith; yet in Egypt he denied his wife because he didn't trust God. Moses was noted for his humility; yet he lost Canaan by losing his temper. Elijah was a brave man; yet failed through cowardice. The beloved disciple proposed to call down fire to destroy certain persons. And Peter, the most ardent of the disciples, cursed and denied Christ. "Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." Satan aims high. When he wanted a man to betray Christ he took Judas, the treasurer of the disciples; and when he wanted a man to deny Christ he took Peter, the leader of the disciples, and the highest ecclesiastical authority of the day. Let us take warning. — Moody.