THE STUFF THAT HAS TO GO
"There are certain graces which are never produced in Christians, to a high degree, except by severe temptation.” There is a peculiar tenderness, without which one is not qualified to shepherd Christ’s sheep, and to feed his lambs,— a tenderness, without which one cannot strengthen his brethren, a tenderness which does not usually come to such a man as Peter, except by his being put into the sieve, and tossed up and down by Satanic temptation."
Peter was to be sifted, so our Lord warned him; and Satan was to operate with the sieve. Satan had an intense desire to destroy Peter— indeed, he…
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