The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 308

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XIV.

Our

Guilt.* "Wherefore as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned." Rom. v. 12. ;

Sin and guilt belong together, but

may

not be confounded or

considered synonymous, any more than sanctification and righteous-

upon every sin, and in every sin there is distinct. must be kept There is a difference beguilt, yet the two blackened upon the wall caused by it the blaze and the spot tween out the remains. Even so with sin and after the blaze is spot long ness.

It is

true guilt rests

Sin's red blaze blackens the soul; but long after sin

guilt.

behind, the black

mark upon the

is left

soul continues.

Hence it is of the greatest importance that the

difference between

the two be clearly understood, especially since confounding sin and guilt

must lead

to confounding justification

and

to the injury of the earnestness of the Christian If self,

there were but one

man on

earth,

sanctification.

much

life.

he might sin against him-

but he could not be in debt to others.

And

if,

in accordance

with modern theology, there were no living God, but only an idea of good, he might sin against the idea of good, and be exceedingly

owe God anything. Men owe God because He lives, exists, never departs, forever abides and because from moment to moment they must transact business with Him. With men we open accounts at will, and the firms in town with which we do so we will owe, but those with which we do not deal we will never owe. Many apply this to God, under the mistaken notion that if they have no dealings with God bad, but he could not

;

they can not owe

To them He Him?

is

Him

*The Dutch word and

anything and have nothing to do with Him. how, then, could they be in debt to

non-existing

'"

;

schu/d," literally "debt

of indebtedness in general.

Trans.

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includes the ideas oi guiit

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