Jul 11
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Sheep or swine? (John Ensor)
“The swine that has been washed returns to wallow in the mire.” 2 Peter 2:22
Sheep and swine can both end up in the mire. Yet the essential difference in their two natures is quite visible from the reaction each has to its fallen condition. While sheep do stray and stumble into the mire, they quickly loathe the situation and struggle to get free. They may be dirty, but they desire to be clean. They may be stuck, but they bleat for their shepherd to come and save them out of the muck. But swine, in keeping with their nature, wallow in the muck, content to stay there all day. “The swine that has been washed returns to wallow in the mire.” 2 Peter 2:22