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In your fight against sin, you have not yet had to stand against sin with your blood. Do you remember what God said to you when He called you His.
Our Fight Against Sin - You might think I am saying that sin and the law are the same thing. That is not true. But the law was the only way I could learn what sin meant.
- “You are a great sinner, but he is a greater Saviour.” “Let not your sense of sin make you think little of my Master. You are a great sinner, but he is a greater Saviour.
- “As far as God is concerned your sin has ceased to be.” “As far as God is concerned your sin has ceased to be. He laid it on Jesus Christ your substitute, and he took it and bore the penalty of it — nay the thing itself; he as your scapegoat, carried your sin right away, and it is lost in the wilderness of forgetfulness.”
- “God is more ready to forgive than I am ready to offend.” “If seven times a day we offend him and repent, does he forgive? Ay, that he does. This is to be unfeignedly believed, and I do believe it: I believe that, often as I transgress, God is more ready to forgive me than I am ready to offend, though, alas, I am all too ready to transgress.
- “It is the church that is unmerciful sometimes, but not the Master: he is ever willing to receive us when we come to him.” “The Lord is very ready to forgive: it is the church that is unmerciful sometimes, but not the Master: he is ever willing to receive us when we come to him, and to blot out our transgression. . . .
Aug 9, 2024 · Among the many challenges young men face today, a common one is the struggle with habitual vice, oftentimes in connection with sexual sin. In the face of near-overpowering societal pressures to live a lifestyle of vice and spiritual slavery, what encouragement can today’s aspiring “man of God” (1 Tim 6:11) find in the Scriptures?
Hebrews 12. GOD’S WORD Translation. Faith Directs Our Lives. 12 Since we are surrounded by so many examples ⌞of faith⌟, we must get rid of everything that slows us down, especially sin that distracts us. We must run the race that lies ahead of us and never give up. 2 We must focus on Jesus, the source and goal of our faith.
Mar 7, 2024 · The fight against sin can leave Christians weary at times. Today, Burk Parsons shows how Hebrews 12 encourages us to look to Jesus Christ for strength in the pursuit of holiness.
Under the direct or negative heading, the first thing is that the Christian must “abstain from sin.” It is as simple and direct as that! “Dearly beloved,” says Peter in his First Epistle chapter 2, verse 11, “I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.”
