Outdoing Sodom
We believe that “every sin deserveth God’s wrath and curse both in this life and that which is to come,”
We believe that “every sin deserveth God’s wrath and curse both in this life and that which is to come,”
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Learn to deal with the remnant of covetousness, beloved brethren and children, so that you will be prepared for heaven, wherein all the things you covet in this life will be useless.
By Rev. Samuel Rutherford as preached at a communion in Kirkmabreck, in the year 1630
published by Rev. Andrew A Bonar, Glasgow, 1876
May I remind you that the devil is the father of lies? Those who do not find it essential to tell the truth at all times are, no doubt, held captive by the devil.
If we understand what is required in the Eighth Commandment, then we will realise that none of us can claim to have never stolen.
Cast your burden and guilt on the Lord Jesus Christ. He can heal you of your guilty conscience, and He alone can forgive you. But go and sin no more.
We shall see how the sixth commandment is much more than commonly understood, a prohibition of homicide.
Our Shorter Catechism teaches us that the Fifth Commandment has to do with our relationship with superiors, inferiors and equals.
May Christ, the Lord of the Sabbath, be greatly exalted as we seek to make it known to the world that we belong to Him by making His day a delight.