Proverbs 8:36 But he that sins against me wrongs his own soul: all they that hate me love death. I. THE WRONG SIN DOES THE NATURE OF THE SOUL. 1. Sin is inhuman. 2. Sin is unnatural. 3. Sin is the degradation of human nature. II. THE WRONG SIN DOES THE CAPACITIES OF THE SOUL. The soul of man is a great capacity for God. There is no punishment worse than the habit of sin, which comes from sinning. To do wrong is worse than to suffer any calamity. Pain is soon over, misfortune is for a moment, calamity is temporary. But sin is permanent. It does an irreparable injury to the soul. It keeps man out of his heritage. It defeats the end for which man was made. God made us in His image. III. THE WRONG SIN DOES THE POWER OF THE SOUL. 1. The conscience, which is that power of the soul by which we recognise the moral quality of actions. 2. Sin also wrongs the will. Sin enfeebles man at the most vital part of his nature. Sin wrongs the soul in every faculty and power. Conclusion:(1) Of all evils that man can know or suffer, sin is the worst. (2) The sinner makes his own hereafter. Remember that heaven is a holy soul in a holy place. (3) I cannot, I dare not, close without a word of hope for any troubled and penitent soul. (S. Z. Batten.) Parallel Verses KJV: But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.WEB: But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul. All those who hate me love death." |
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