The Sinner’s Surrender to His Preserver
Excerpt
Job was one of those whom Scripture describes as “perfect,” yet he cried, “I have sinned.” Noah was perfect in his generation, but no drunkard will allow us to forget that he had his fault. Abraham received the command, “Walk before me and be thou perfect,” but he was not absolutely sinless. Zacharias and Elizabeth were blameless, and yet there was enough unbelief in Zacharias to make him dumb for nine months.
The doctrine of sinless perfection in the flesh is not of God, and he who makes his boast of possessing such perfection has at once declared his own ignorance of himself and of the law of the Lord. Nothing discovers an evil heart more surely than a glorying in its own goodness. He who proclaims his own praise reveals his own shame. …
Spurgeon, C. H. “The Sinner’s Surrender to His Preserver.” Sermon Outlines for Evangelistic Services. Ed. Al Bryant. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1992. 14. Print.
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