The Sinner’s Surrender to His Preserver
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. … More Spurgeon, C. H. “The Sinner’s Surrender to His Preserver.” Sermon Outlines for Evangelistic Services . Ed. Al Bryant. Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1...