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1 | The Effort of Repentance | Prov 19:24 | DocTrinsograce | 243308 | ||
"Repentance is looked upon as a tedious thing, requiring great effort; but men are content with their dregs and do not care to stir. They would rather go sleeping to hell than weeping to heaven. 'A slothful man hides his hand in his vest' (Proverbs 19:24); he will not strike his breast. Many would rather lose heaven than ply the oar and row on the waters of repentance. We cannot have the world citra pulverem (without labor and diligence); would we not rather have what is more excellent? Sloth is the cancer of the soul: 'Slothfulness tosses into a deep sleep' (Proverbs 19.15). It was a witty fiction of the poets that when Mercury put Argus to sleep and closed his eyes with an enchanted flute, he then killed him. It is no fiction that when Satan has lulled men to sleep in sloth by his witcheries, he then destroys them. Some report that while the crocodile sleeps with its mouth open, the Indian rat gets into its belly and eats up its entrails. So too while men sleep in false security, they are devoured." --Thomas Watson (1620-1686) |
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2 | The Effort of Repentance | Prov 19:24 | EdB | 243309 | ||
Man will not truly repent unless they are convicted of sin by the Holy Spirit, John 16:8. Many downplay the Holy Spirit, citing instead the intellect of man, sufficiency of preaching, conditional yielding to the Holy Spirit. Many heed the words of man, cling to the words of man but fail to seek the leading of the Holy Spirit. We can try to blame man's state on many characteristics of man but it means little when proper importance is not placed on the Holy Spirit. Opinion most people don't repent because they do not see a need to repent. To be told by a sinning man they are sinful, slothful, or whatever alienates rather than convicts. However when convicted by the Holy Spirit they are certain of their need to repent. Throughout scripture we are shown over and over that prayer, not spicy sayings of man, not excellent preaching, not confrontational situations. But if we can't or won't yield to the Holy Spirit how effective can our prayer be? |
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