Wholly, Only and Always
“The most renowned and now crowned saints have, in the days of their being on earth, relapsed into one and the same sin. Lot was twice overcome with wine; Abraham did often lie, and twice lay his wife open to adultery to save his own life, which even the heathens would not have done… David in his wrath was resolved to slay Nabal and his family, but repented, and yet after this he fell into the foul murder of Uriah… Samson is by the Spirit of the Lord numbered among the worthies (Heb.11:32) yet he fell often into one gross sin. Peter you know relapsed often, and so did Jonah; and this comes to pass that they may see their own inability to stand, to resist or overcome temptations (Jude 14-16), so that they may be taken off from all false confidences, and rest wholly upon God, and only upon God, and always upon God.”
Thomas Brooks, Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices
