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Ärende: Uncover and Confess Sin
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Faith's Checkbook  

Charles H. Spurgeon
Aug 15, 2006

 

August 16 




Uncover and Confess Sin 

"He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and
forsaketh them shall have mercy" (Proverbs 28:13). 

Here is the way of mercy for a guilty and repenting sinner. He must cease from
the habit of covering sin. This is attempted by falsehood, which denies sin; by
hypocrisy, which conceals it; by boasting, which justifies it; and by loud
profession, which tries to make amends for it. 

The sinner's business is to confess and forsake. The two must go together.
Confession must be honestly made to the LORD Himself, and it must include
within itself acknowledgment of the wrong, sense of its evil, and abhorrence of
it. We must not throw the fault upon others, nor blame circumstances, nor plead
natural weakness. We must make a clean breast of it and plead guilty to the
indictment. There can be no mercy till this is done. 

Furthermore, we must forsake the evil; having owned our fault, we must disown
all present and future intent to abide in it. We cannot remain in rebellion and
yet dwell with the King's majesty. The habit of evil must be quitted, together
with all places, companions, pursuits, and books which might lead us astray.
Not for confession, nor for reformation, but in connection with them we find
pardon by faith in the blood of Jesus. 

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Adoniram Judson: Free Thinker Set Free   by  Jim Elliff 




The early 19th century American missionary Adoniram Judson (1788-1850) made a
lasting impression on Burma, now Myanmar. His toil as a church planter, Bible
translator, and sufferer for Christ is legendary. As a young man, however, he
was radically opposed to the Savior he later preached. 




Adoniram was intelligent, and he received much encouragement to excel from his
pastor father. When he was just 16 he was sent to Rhode Island Christian
College in Providence. There he fell under the influence of a "free thinker"
named Jacob Eames. Before long he considered the Christianity he had learned as
a child out-of-date with the new rationalism he was hearing about. He graduated
in 1807. 




In Plymouth, he opened a private school. He soon published two books, one on
English grammar and the other on arithmetic. Sadly, by age 20 he severed all
ties to Christianity, breaking the hearts of his parents. He left home to
remove himself from any restraints they might put on him. 




His rebellion did not last long. Adoniram arrived at an inn late one night and
was told that there was only one room available. The innkeeper warned him that
he would likely be awakened in the night by the activity in the adjacent room.
There was a young man there who was desperately ill and about to die.  All
night long the groans and cries of the young man persisted. Adoniram could not
sleep, nor could he keep from thinking. He wondered about what awaited this
young man after his death. His thoughts oppressed him throughout the early
morning hours. He could not turn them off.  The next morning, when he asked
about the man, the innkeeper replied, "He is dead." 
"Dead?" 
"Yes, he is gone, poor fellow! The doctor said he would not survive the night."

"Do you know his name?" 
"Yes, he was a young man from Providence College—a very fine man; his name was
Jacob Eames." 
Dead? His mentor? Adoniram was shaken deeply, as you may well imagine. It
seemed that all his former philosophical views died with his friend. He
immediately realized that there was no hope in his rationalism. In a short time
he fully embraced Christ and His message which he found to be an unshakable
foundation for his life. As a true believer, he soon joined the church where
his father was pastor and later became one of the most revered leaders in
missionary history. 




Skepticism dies hard in some people, but in others it falls away abruptly the
moment its emptiness is revealed. Nothing purifies the thinking like death.
Even "free thinkers" are not free to avoid such contemplations. 




Judson's devotion to Christ caused imprisonment and chains, the loss of his
family, and constant harassment for the sake of the gospel. He faced death and
dying unlike his mentor because of his confidence that God's promise of eternal
life was true—a confidence that his former rationalism could never foster. 


Copyright C 2006 Jim Elliff. Permission granted for reproduction in exact form.
All other uses require written permission. 


www.CCWonline.org 



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