If you have sinned again
Will you say, But I have again committed sin, since I had redemption through his blood? And therefore it is that I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. It is fitting that you should abhor yourself, and it is God who has worked you to this very same thing. But do you now believe? Has he again enabled you to say, I know that my Redeemer lives, and the life which I now live, I live by faith in the Son of God? Then that faith again cancels all that is past, and there is no condemnation to you.
At whatever time you truly believe in the name of the Son of God, all your sins before that hour vanish away as the morning dew. Now then, stand fast in the liberty with which Christ has made you free. He has once more made you free from the power of sin, as well as from the guilt and punishment of it. Do not be entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Neither the vile, devilish bondage of sin, of evil desires, evil tempers, or words, or works, the most grievous yoke on this side hell, nor the bondage of slavish, tormenting fear, of guilt and self-condemnation.
1771 text
2. Wilt thou say, “But I have again committed sin, since I had redemption through his blood? And therefore it is, that I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.” It is meet thou shouldst abhor thyself; and it is God who hath wrought thee to this self-same thing. But dost thou now believe? Hath he again enabled thee to say, I know that my Redeemer liveth: and the life which I now live, I live by faith in the Son of God? Then that faith again cancels all that is past, and there is no condemnation to thee. At whatsoever time thou truly believest in the name of the Son of God, all thy sins antecedent to that hour, vanish away as the morning dew. Now then, Stand thou fast in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made thee free. He hath once more made thee free from the power of sin, as well as from the guilt and punishment of it. O be not intangled again with the yoke of bondage! Neither the vile, devilish bondage of sin; of evil desires, evil tempers, or words, or works, the most grievous yoke on this side hell: nor the bondage of slavish, tormenting fear, of guilt and self-condemnation.
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Sermon 8 in the 1771 Works. Romans 8:1.
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