The Acceptable Sacrifice by John Bunyan

Author:John Bunyan [Bunyan, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780768498417
Publisher: Destiny Image, Inc.

And yet they do not fear God. Alas! they don’t believe these things: these things, to carnal men, are like Lot’s preaching to his sons and daughters that were in Sodom; when he told them that God would destroy that place, he seemed unto them as one that mocked; and his words to them were as idle tales, Gen. 19:14.

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Fearless men are not won by words.

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Fearless men are not won by words; blows, wounds, and killings are the things that must bring them under fear. How many fits of struggle did Israel have with God in the wilderness? how many times did they declare that there they did not fear Him? And, observe, how they were seldom, if ever, brought to fear and dread of his glorious name unless he humbled them with a round with death and the grave. Nothing, nothing but a severe hand will make the fearless fear: God is moved to act this way with sinners when He would save their souls, even to bring them and lay them at the mouth and within sight of hell and everlasting damnation, and there also charge them with sin and guilt, to the breaking of their hearts, before they will fear His name.

Sixthly, Man as he comes into the world, is not only a dead man, a fool, proud, self-willed, and fearless, but he is a false believer concerning God. Let God report of himself never so plainly, man, by nature, will not believe this report of Him: no; they are become vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart is darkened. Therefore they turn the glory of God, which is His truth, into a lie, Rom. 1:21-25.

1. God says He sees; they say He sees not. God says He knows: They say He does not know. God says none is like to himself; yet they say He is altogether like to them. God says none shall keep His door for nought; they say it is in vain and to no profit to serve Him. He says He will do good: they say He will neither do good nor evil, Job 22:13,14; Ps. 50:21; Job 21:14,15; Mal. 3:14; Zeph. 1:12.

In this way they falsely believe concerning God: yes, as to the word of His grace and the revelation of His mercy in Christ, by their practice (for a wicked man speaketh with his feet, Prov. 6:13). They say that is a stark lie, and not to be trusted to, 1 John 5:10.

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