In 1798, Issac Davis committed the first notable bank robbery in American history. He stole $162,821 from the Bank of Pennsylvania at Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia. He almost got away with it. Early suspicion fell on the blacksmith who forged the vault.
But then Davis went
and deposited that amount in the bank. Not another bank, the exact same bank. I
guess he wasn’t worried about the same robbers coming back.
You would think the
bank robber might not put his money in that bank, but people are funny. They
see flaws in others but not themselves. An arrogant man will condemn others'
pride. A selfish person will complain other how others are just in it for
themselves. An adulterer will accuse his spouse of infidelity. As Paul writes in Romans 2:21-23, “you, therefore, who teach another, do you
not teach yourself? You who preach that one shall not steal, do you steal? You who say that one should not commit adultery,
do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? You who boast in the Law, through your
breaking the Law, do you dishonor God?
If you want to
see yourself more clearly, take a look at what you are quick to condemn others
for. It might be what you are seeing in them is really a reflection of yourself.
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