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Tag Archives: sin
The True Believer’s Constant Struggle Against Indwelling Sin
Psalm 51:5-7 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. Purge me with … Continue reading
Posted in Sin & Unbelief
Tagged holiness, man's depravity, sanctification, sin, spiritual experience, the nature of man
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When Hatred is a Holy Christ-like Emotion
Hebrews 1:8,9; Psalm 97:10 Unto the Son, he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity. Ye that love … Continue reading
Posted in Sanctification & Holiness
Tagged evil, hate, holiness, love, repentance, sanctification, sin
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Ignorance is Certainly Not Bliss, Nor the “Mother of Devotion”
Ephesians 4:17,18 Walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart. … Continue reading
Posted in Sin & Unbelief
Tagged bliss, devotion, ignorance, persecution, pride, sin, spiritual blindness, unbelief
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Our Thoughts: the Spawning Ground of Temptation
James 1:14,15; Proverbs 30:32 Every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. If … Continue reading
Posted in Spiritual Warfare, Opposition
Tagged sanctification, Satan, sin, temptation, thoughts
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An Experiential Evidence of Grace in the Heart
Romans 7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): I know this, that when God the Holy Ghost gives a man a view of himself, he … Continue reading
Posted in Conviction & Conversion
Tagged christian experience, conversion, grace, man's depravity, saving faith, sin
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Snakes in the Bosom
Job 31:33; Proverbs 23:32 If I covered my trangressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. C. H. SPURGEON (1834-1892): Some desire to … Continue reading
Posted in Meditation, Solitude & Self-examination
Tagged hypocrisy, lust, repentance, sanctification, self-examination, sin
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Winter in the Church of God
Exodus 20:1-6 And God spake all these words, saying, I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me. … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Church, Preaching & Ministry
Tagged Authority of the Bible, Church, false worship, sin, spiritual seasons, Ten Commandments
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How Secret Sins Become Presumptuous Sins
Psalm 19:12,13 Cleanse thou me from secret faults. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. OBADIAH SEDGWICK … Continue reading
Secret Sins
Hebrews 4:13; Numbers 32:23; Ecclesiastes 12:14; Psalm 90:8 All things naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. Be sure your sin will find you out. For God shall bring every … Continue reading
Posted in Sin & Unbelief
Tagged forgiveness, God's ominiscience, self-examination, sin
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When Vanity Meets Ultimate Reality
Ezekiel 18:30; Jeremiah 13:15; Job 18:14 I will judge you, O house of Israel, everyone according to his ways, saith the LORD GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. … Continue reading
Posted in Death & Resurrection
Tagged death, judgment, pride, sin
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