LIVING DEAD
By Rick Mathes
Romans 6:23 (NASB77) 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
C.H. Spurgeon:
It would be an awful experiment to set a house on fire intending to let it burn just so much and no more. “This far you shall come and no further?” If you could say it to fire, among standing corn, blown b the wind, yet you would say it in fain to sin. Sin swiftly grows from a pygmy to a giant, and ever increasing in its awful powers, it crushes down the man who is in its grip and holds him under it dreadful sway.
We have enough religion to make us hate,
But not enough to make us love.
Carnal Christians:
- No spiritual leaders.
- Evil associations.
- Worldly success.
- Shallowness.
- Empty lives.
- No spiritual insight.
- Love of the world.
C.H. Spurgeon:
That sin must die or you will perish by it. Depend on it, that sin which you would save from slaughter will slaughter you.
Sin would have a few takers if its
Consequences occurred immediately.
Alexander MacLaren:
Every sin is a mistake as well as a wrong; and the epithah for the sinner is, “Thou fool!”
Sin Destroys:
- Soul: core of one’s being.
- Family: household, relatives
- Nation: character, temperament
- Church: denomination, service
- World: everyone, society, church
Rick Mathes 