"In my first pastorate, I had often to battle with Antinomians—that is people who held that because they believed themselves to be elect, they might live as they liked . . . I knew one man, who stood on the table of a public-house, and held a glass of gin in his hand, declaring all the while that he is one of the Lord's chosen people. They kicked him out of the public house, and when I heard of it, I felt that It served him right. Even those ungodly men said that they did not want any such 'elect' people there. There is no one who can live in sin—drinking, swearing, lying, and so on—who can truly declare that he is one of the Lord's chosen people"
From my very soul, I detest everything that in the least savors of the Antinomianism which leads people to prate about being secure in Christ while they are living in sin. We cannot be saved by or for our good works, neither can we be saved without good works. Christ never will save any of His people in their sins; He saves His people from their sins. If a man is not desiring to live a holy life in the sight of God, with the help of the Holy Spirit, he is still "in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity." But the idea of "saving faith" apart from good works, is ridiculous. The saved man is not a perfect man; but his heart's desire is to become perfect, he is always panting after perfection, and the day will come when he will be perfected, after the image of his once crucified and now glorified Savior, in knowledge and true holiness.
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"Christ never will save any of His people in their sins; He saves His people from their sins. If a man is not desiring to live a holy life in the sight of God, with the help of the Holy Spirit, he is still "in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity."
This statement especially stood out to me. Praise be to Jesus that he saved ME,the worst of sinners, from my sin, and freed me from the "gall of bitterness, and the bond of iniquity."
Danielle
"The saved man is not a perfect man; but his heart's desire is to become perfect, he is always panting after perfection, and the day will come when he will be perfected, after the image of his once crucified and now glorified Savior, in knowledge and true holiness."
Oh that today might be the day of total perfection, when this corruption shall be clothed with incorruption, and this vile body shall be fashioned as unto His glorious (glorified) body....that means HEAVEN!
Looking Heavenward!!!
Angi
"not too many days"
Worthy is the Lamb...
He is the only one who can make us live holy, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Oh that I would never displease Him in anything I do. We cannot live like Christ in true holiness, and live in a lacivious and worldly way. Only through the precious blood of Jesus.
"In Him is only good,
in me is only ill,
my ill but draws His goodness forth,
and He loves me still".
Zac
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