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Title: Five sharp stings! Post by: Boaz on April 27, 2009, 10:04:37 AM Five sharp stings!
(Thomas Watson, "A Divine Cordial" 1663) Many love sin, more than God. "They are haters of God, insolent, proud, and boastful. They are forever inventing new ways of sinning." (Romans 1:30) What is there in sin—that any should love it? Sin is a debt. "Forgive us our debts" (Matthew 6:12). Sin is a debt which binds over to the wrath of God! And will you love sin? Does any man love to be in debt? Sin is a disease. "The whole head is sick" (Isaiah 1:5). And will you love sin? Will any man hug a disease? Will he love his plague sores? Sin is a pollution. The apostle calls it "filthiness" (James 1:21). It is compared to leprosy and to poison of asps! God's heart rises against sinners. "My soul loathed them!" (Zechariah 11:8). Sin is a hideous monster. Lust makes a man brutish; malice makes him devilish! What is in sin to be loved? Shall we love deformity? Sin is an enemy. It is compared to a "serpent". Sin has five sharp stings: shame, guilt, horror, death, damnation! Will a man love that which seeks his death? Surely then it is better to love God than sin. God will save you—but sin will damn you! Is he not a fool—who loves damnation! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ But love to God will never let sin thrive in the heart. The love of God withers sin. The flower of love kills the weed of sin! How should we labor for that grace of love to God—which is the only corrosive to destroy sin! Title: Re: Five sharp stings! Post by: May on April 27, 2009, 11:34:17 AM Hi Boaz,
Welcome to our forum, Hope you will spend some wonderful moments.I'm May from a small beautiful island in the Indian Ocean called MAURITIUS. I'm a born again .I'm a member of Assembly Of God. THOSE WHO ARE GOOD ARE REWARDED HERE ON EARTH, SO YOU CAN BE SURE THAT WICKED AND SINFUL PEOPLE WILL BE PUNISHED Prov 11:31 Title: Re: Five sharp stings! Post by: Boaz on May 08, 2009, 07:08:42 AM Thank you so much.
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