{"id":8319,"date":"2013-08-02T01:00:36","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T08:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=8319"},"modified":"2014-11-17T14:52:40","modified_gmt":"2014-11-17T22:52:40","slug":"weekly-links-822013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/2013\/08\/02\/weekly-links-822013\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Links (8\/2\/2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have I a man here who declares that he is pardoned, and yet indulges in the sins which he pretends are forgiven? Sir, you have either deceived yourself, or else you are uttering what you know is untrue. He who is forgiven hates sin. We cannot be washed clean if we still persist in living up to our neck in filth. It cannot be possible that a man is pardoned while he still continues to wallow in abominable sin.<\/p>\n

\u2018O yes,\u2019 but he says, \u2018I am no legalist; I believe the grace of God has made me clean, though I do go on in sin.\u2019 Sir, it is clear you are no legalist, but I will tell you what else you are: you are no child of God, you are no Christian; for the Christian is a man who uniformly hates sin. There never was a believer who loved iniquity, such a strange thing as a pardoned sinner who still loved to be in rebellion against his God. (Charles Spurgeon)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

by Richard Shin<\/em><\/p>\n