(Lev. 10.)
We trace all through the scriptures the record of the failure of man. In every circumstance wherein he has been set, man has failed. And yet all this failure is seen but in the end to redound to the glory of God—to the praise of His grace. (Lev. 10)
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Failure is ever the character of the ways of man; and the chapter before us presents it in most striking as well as touching circumstances.
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The “Sons of Aaron” were set in the place of grace, and there in the place of grace they failed.
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The offering of Cain (as of every natural man) is the witness of the most perfect insensibility of heart as to what he was before God. All that we can offer of our natural hearts is “the sacrifice of fools.”
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The Lord Jesus Christ turns everything He touches into blessing.
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