posted by Phil Johnson
The PyroManiacs devote some space each weekend to highlights from The Spurgeon Archive. The following excerpt is from "Secret Sins," a sermon delivered on Sunday morning, February 8, 1857, at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens.
ELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS arises partly from pride, but mainly from ignorance of God's law. It is because men know little or nothing concerning the terrible character of the divine law, that they foolishly imagine themselves to be righteous. They are not aware of the deep spirituality, and the stern severity of the law, or they would have other and wiser notions. Once let them know how strictly the law deals with the thoughts, how it brings itself to bear upon every emotion of the inner man, and there is not one creature beneath, God's heaven who would dare to think him, self righteous in God's sight in virtue of his own deeds and thoughts. Only let the law be revealed to a man; let him know how strict the law is, and how infinitely just, and his self-righteousness will shrivel into nothing—it will become a filthy rag in his sight, whereas before he thought it to be a goodly garment.
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The FUNDAMENTAL TRUTH for all His People.
Amen.
Thank you Pastor Johnson for your continued faithfulness in publishing these gems of encouragement and truth.
Evangelism 101 - The law must convict comeone of their sins BEFORE they can repent. No conviction = no conversion.
The bad news must come before the good news can be seen as good; without conviction of sin nobody "needs" a savior, they're their own savior.
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