In our
celebrity culture personalities are elevated beyond reasonable expectation of
fallen humanity: they become almost like gods to their followers. Then when their sinfulness becomes known the
media pounce and they are publicly pilloried. Calvin gives the example of Moses who was
unafraid to speak of the sinfulness of his own family mentioning the iniquity
of Simeon and Levi and the grumbling of his brother Aaron. Yet Calvin remains convinced that Moses was
like an angel and thus testifies to the truth of scripture. Who do you know who points to the grace of
God working tin the lives of frail human beings yet is unafraid of admitting
their sinfulness and need of the Holy Spirit?
