Monday, February 04, 2013

Deliverance, not just forgiveness


In the very outset, then, settle down on this one thing, that the Lord is able to save you fully, now, in this life, from the power and dominion of sin, and to deliver you altogether out of the hands of your enemies. If you do not think He is, search your Bible, and collect together every announcement or declaration concerning the purposes and object of His death on the cross. You will be astonished to find how full they are. Everywhere and always His work is said to be, to deliver us from our sins, from our bondage, from our defilement; and not a hint is given anywhere, that this deliverance was to be only the limited and partial one with which the Church so continually tries to be satisfied.—Hannah Whitalll Smith in The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life

1 comment:

Marilyn Lundberg said...

Very true! And a message that needs to be heard.