Walking With God in Humility and Dependence

The Narrated Puritan

Now, there are two evils attending the mere performance of this duty, which utterly disappoint all men's attempts for walking with God:—1st. That men without it will go forth, somewhat, at least, in their ownstrength, to walk with God. "Why," say the Pharisees, "can we donothing? 'Are we blind also?' " Acting in the power of self will cleave tosuch a one, so as not to be separated; it will steal upon him in every duty he goes about. Now, nothing is more universally opposite to the whole nature of gospel obedience than this, that a man should perform the least of it in his own strength, without an actual influence of life and power from God in Christ.