A woman chose to live...
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A woman chose to live in a maximum security building in Tulsa, Oklahoma, because she could feel safe from burglars and muggers. But the extra security measures proved to be her undoing. When she became ill one night, she called an ambulance, but the attendants could not get into her building. Nor could the police when they called. Finally, when the apartment manager could be reached, it was too late. The woman was dead because no one could minister to her when she needed it, in her maximum security building.
A false sense of security is also basic in this Scripture. People who thought they had it made, because of their descent from the proper ancestors, are warned not to take things for granted.
We should feel secure in the grace and mercy of God, but we must never presume upon it. We should give thanks for God-fearing ancestors but we should also exert much effort to make the faith our own. "Let any one who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall."
A false sense of security is also basic in this Scripture. People who thought they had it made, because of their descent from the proper ancestors, are warned not to take things for granted.
We should feel secure in the grace and mercy of God, but we must never presume upon it. We should give thanks for God-fearing ancestors but we should also exert much effort to make the faith our own. "Let any one who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall."
