When Sin Lets Us Alone We May

Sin Aims Always At The Utmost; Every Time It Rises Up To Tempt Or Entice, If It Has Its Own Way It Will Go Out To The Utmost Sin In That Kind. Every Unclean Thought Or Glance Would Be Adultery If It Could, Every Thought Of Unbelief Would Be Atheism If Allowed To Develop. Every Rise Of Lust, If It Has Its Way Reaches The Height Of Villainy; It Is Like The Grave That Is Never Satisfied. The Deceitfulness Of Sin Is Seen In That It Is Modest In Its First Proposals But When It Prevails It Hardens Men’s Hearts, And Brings Them To Ruin.

Mortification Is The Soul's Vigorous Opposition To Self, Wherein Sincerity Is Most Evident.

Pardon Comes Not To The Soul Alone; Or Rather, Christ Comes Not To The Soul With Pardon Only! It Is That Which He Opens The Door And Enters By, But He Comes With A Spirit Of Life And Power.

The House Built On The Sand May Oftentimes Be Built Higher, Have More Fair Parapets And Battlements, Windows And Ornaments, Than That Which Is Built Upon The Rock; Yet All Gifts And Privileges Equal Not One Grace.

The Person Who Understands The Evil In His Own Heart Is The Only Person Who Is Useful, Fruitful, And Solid In His Beliefs And Obedience. Others Only Delude Themselves And Thus Upset Families, Churches, And All Other Relationships. In Their Self-pride And Judgment Of Others, They Show Great Inconsistency.