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Donkeys and Sheep
There are two animals that the Bible likens the natural man to. The first is a donkey: “For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s [donkey’s] colt” (Job 11:12). The donkey is stubborn, and stubbornness is sin. “For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry” (1 Samuel 15:23). The Lord Himself said to some during His time on earth, “Ye will not come to Me, that ye might have life” (John 5:40).
The other animal that the natural man is likened to is a sheep: “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way” (Isaiah 53:6). Sheep are wayward. If there is one thing we like most it is to have our own way. However, “there is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death” (Proverbs 14:12).
The good news is that the Lord came to save stubborn and wayward sinners. He, Himself said, “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” (John 10:10). What about you? Have you yielded to the Savior of sinners?
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