Theological Sketchbook Jeremiah 13:27 I have seen your adulteries, and your neighings, the lewdness of your prostitution, and your abominations on the hills in the fields… I. THE WOES WHICH IMPENITENT SINNERS HAVE REASON TO EXPECT. The punishment that awaits sinners is most tremendous. The loss of heaven is one part of it: and who shall declare how great a loss this is? II. HOW UNWILLING GOD IS TO INFLICT THEM. He complains of men's obstinacy in rejecting the overtures of His mercy. Long has He waited to no purpose: yet still "He waiteth to be gracious unto us." "He stands at the door of our hearts, and knocks." Address — 1. Those who imagine that they have no need of cleansing. Let none entertain such proud conceits. The best amongst us, no less than the worst, need to be washed in the blood of Christ and be renewed by His Spirit; and without this cleansing, must inevitably perish. 2. Those who are unwilling to be cleansed. 3. Those who desire the cleansing of their souls. It is the blood of Christ alone that can cleanse from the guilt of sin; and the Spirit of Christ alone that can cleanse from the power and pollution of sin. To apply these effectually, we must embrace the promises, and rest upon them, trusting in God to accomplish them to our souls. (Theological Sketchbook.) Parallel Verses KJV: I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be? |
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