IMITATION OF GOD
Imitation of God requires total commitment. There must be no cheating, no holding back from complete allegiance. There is the parable of the man who offered his house for sale for $2,000. His prospective buyer couldn’t afford to pay the full price, so after the usual haggling, the seller came to terms: he would let his house go for $1,000 with only one stipulation. He would retain ownership of a small nail that protruded from just over the door. That seemed reasonable enough, so the buyer took possession on these terms. Several years went by and the original owner decided he wanted his house back, but the new owner refused to sell. So the first man went out, found the carcass of a dead dog, and hung it from the single nail that he still owned. The stench soon rendered the house uninhabitable, and the residents were forced to sell the house back to the owner of the nail. This teaches…
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