Are we sinners theoretically…or for real?
June 12, 2007 by John
Spurgeon is great for biscuits…these two might sting a bit, but they lead us into a greater experience of grace:
People make a general confession such as,” I am a great sinner,” who would still resist any special charge brought home to their consciences, however true. Say to such a person, “You are a cheater,” and he replies, “No, I am not a cheater!”
“What are you, then? A liar?”
“Oh, no!”
“Are you a Sabbath breaker?”
“No, nothing of the kind.”
And so when you come to sift it, you find them sheltering themselves under the general term of “sinner”, not to make confession, but to evade it.
- Charles Spurgeon
Sin confessed with tears, sin which causes the very heart to bleed - killing sin, damning sin - this is the kind of sin for which Jesus died. Sham sinners may be content with a sham Savior, who did really die, and died for real sin. Oh, how this ought to comfort you who are sadly bearing the pressing burden of an abominable life! You, too, who are crushed into the mire of despondency beneath the load of your guilt!
-Charles Spurgeon
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9
