“He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”
(Hebrews 10:28-31 KJV)
How can a sinner, condemned, unclean, make a step towards God by faith? By his own will? By the will of flesh? Those who say they have accepted Christ are deceived. There is no sacrifice for sins to those who presume to approach the throne of grace by their own "free" will. There is no remission of sins, because they say, "I see!", yet their sins remain. Old sins have not passed away. New wine cannot be put into old bottles. But these brute beasts declare their sins as Sodom. "Nobody is perfect!" But it is written, be holy as your Father in heaven is holy. And in another place, "there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, the Holy Ghost: and these three are one".
The fullness of the Godhead in One person: Jesus Christ. The tares are sown by the devil among the wheat. Outwardly they confess they know God, but their fruit is evil. They compare themselves among themselves. "Come not near to us, for we are holier-than-thou".None are righteous, no, not one. The best of them is a brier. The most upright is sharper than a thornhedge. From the least of them to the greatest, they are all given over to covetousness. Twice dead. Converted "two-fold more then yourselves, the children of hell".
EKKLESIA 78
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