Scripture: Romans 7:6-25
Sermon Series: The Cross and the Inner Life
Sermon: The Divided Self (Pastor Chris Ganski)
Worship Folder: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xiXBmApajQBe6lB0DPkQC1pvsEjCxqFn/view
…………………………….Reflections………………………………….
VII.
SIN is that beastly thing that will defile
Soul, Body, Name, and Fame in little
while; ‘Twill make him, who some time
Gods Image was, Look like the Devil, love,
and plead his Cause; Like to the Plague,
Poison, or Leprosy Defile ’twill, and infect
contagiously. Wherefore beware, against it
shut the Door; If not, it will defile thee
more and more.
VIII.
SIN once possessed of the heart, will play
The Tyrant, force its Vassal to obey:
‘Twill make thee thine own happiness
oppose, And offer open Violence to those
That love thee best; yea make thee to defy
The Law and Counsel of the Deity.
Beware then, keep this Tyrant out of Door,
Lest thou be his, and so thy own no more.
IX.
SIN, harden can the heart against its God,
Make it abuse his Grace, despise his Rod,
‘Twill make one run upon the very pikes,
Judgments foreseen bring such to no
dislikes Of sinful hazards; no, they
venture shall For one base Lust, their
Soul, and Heav’n and all.
Take heed then, hold it, crush it at the
Door, It comes to rob thee and to make
thee Poor.
X.
SIN is a Prison, hath its bolts and chains,
Brings into Bondage who it entertains;
Hangs shackles on them, bends them to
its will, Holds them, as Samson grinded at
the Mill. ‘Twill blind them, make them
deaf; yea, ’twill them Gagg, And ride them
as the Devil rides his Hagg. Wherefore
look to it, keep it out of Door, If once its
slave, thou may’st be free no more.
XIV.
No Match has SIN save God in all the
World, Men, Angels it has from their
stations hurled: Holds them in Chains, as
Captives, in despite Of all that here below
is called Might. Release, help, freedom
from it none can give, But he by whom we
also breath and live. Watch therefore, keep
this Giant out of Door Lest if once in, thou
get him out no more.
~John Bunyan, A Caution to Stir Up Against Sin
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