Death Valley, Denver, and Everest: The Pointless Comparison of Human Virtue

To see with God’s eyes, suppose we were to compare one person’s morals to being in Death Valley, 280 feet below sea level; another person’s morals to being in Denver, the mile-high city; and another person’s morals to the peak of Mount Everest, altitude 29,000 feet. The person in Death Valley represents the most ruthless lowlife in society. The person in Denver is the “average man,” and the one on Mount Everest is the best person you can imagine. 

The enormous differences in their altitude, or elevation, are apparent. By comparison, God’s standard of holiness (100 percent perfect) is…