The Answer to Spiritual Snobbery
“He…lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, to make them inherit the throne of glory.” Some misguided souls believe the Old Testament saints were saved by works. You’d have a difficult time convincing Hannah of this. As far as she was concerned, it was all of Grace. As good a woman as she was, she realized all her righteousness was but “filthy rags.” And that it was God, and God alone, Who took such a person from rags to riches and from being a pauper to becoming a prince.
It is wise to remember, when speaking of someone’s personal holiness, righteousness, or godliness, that they received it from someone else. Whenever you see a beggar in royal apparel, it is safe to say, he didn’t get it on his own. We are all spiritually destitute, and, like beggars, must “bum” everything we have from Another. Is it any wonder this wonderful woman admonishes us, “Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth.”
God took us from a dunghill, not “Nob Hill.”~ rds
by an Aged Saint