But one more point, and I think I shall have explained these presumptuous sins. There is pardon for such a onethere is full pardon to those who are brought to repentance; but few of such men ever receive it; for when they are so far gone as to sin presumptuously, because they will do itto sin merely for the sake of showing their disregard of God and of God's law, we say of such, there is pardon for them, but it is wondrous grace which brings them into such a condition that they are willing, to accept it. A chair was placed at the head of the table, and the guest was seated within it. my Saviour, thou hast eased my aching conscience, thou hast given me peace; thou hast enabled me to say#151; And oh! ". Perfection 3. 1. To-morrow the bench of magistrates are sitting. Now, every man sees that it would be just to make a distinction in the punishment, because there isconscience itself tells usa distinction in the guilt. Now, such a sin has in it a great extent of sinfulness, it is a sin of high presumption. I would no more think of standing and gazing at any man who puts his life in a position of peril, than I would of paying a man to blow his brains out. I would bid thee this day, sinner, if thou knowest thy need of a Saviour, go up to thy chamber, cast thyself upon thy face, and weep for sin; and when thou hast done that, turn to the Scriptures, and read the story of that man who suffered and died for sin. To deliberate carefully how the crime is to be done, and, Haman-like, to build the gallows, and to set to work to destroy one's neighbor, to get the pit digged that the friend may fall into it and be destroyed, to lay snares in secret, to plot wickedness upon one's bedthis is a high pitch of presumptuous sin. If any of you feel, then, that you have presumed against God in sinning, let me just bid you look at your sin, and weep over the blackness of it; let me exhort you to go home and bow your heads with sorrow, and confess your guilt, and weep over it with many tears and sighs. Ah! In the other case the man was rich, and he willfully went into the shop merely because he would break the law and show that he was a law-breaker. But I think I hear you saying, Is thy servant a dog, that I should do this thing? So said Hazael, when the prophet told him that he would slay his master; but he went home and took a wet cloth and spread it over his masters face and choked him, and did the next day the sin which he abhorred before. To sit down and deliberately fashion schemes of wickedness is heinous, and I can find no other word fitly to express it. All sins are great sins, but yet some sins are greater than others. If thou seekest to save thyself thou shalt die; if thou wilt come, just as thou art, all black, all filthy, all hell-deserving, all ill-deserving, I am my Masters hostage, I will be answerable at the day of judgment for this matter, if he does not save thee, I can preach on this subject now, for I trust I have tried my Master myself. Horror of horrors! Yes, there are; and there are such in the Surrey Music Hall this day. In the one case the man dared to defy the sovereign, and defy the law of the land, willfully, out of mere presumption. (wpe), Psalms 19:13. "Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins. Why, I bid thee remember that there was a man who was a God. 3. If I hit your consciences, it was that I meant to do. We will mark these points one by one. A man may have a temper so hot that the least provocation causes him at once to be full of wrath. There is enough corruption, depravity, and wickedness in the heart of the most holy man that is now alive to damn his soul to all eternity, if free and sovereign grace does not prevent. O Christian, thou hast need to pray this prayer. All Rights Reserved, Ignorance, Unteachableness, Obstinacy and Carelessness Cannot be Conquered any Otherwise than by the Spirit of God, Monergism eBooks on Amazon in Kindle Format, Do Not Despise the Day of Small Beginnings, 14 Ways that God is Far More Excellent than Men, Those in Bondage to Sin are Still Duty Bound to Obey God. And how much more is this the case, when the transgressor has been gifted with what is usually called a religious education; in childhood he has been lighted to his bed by the lamps of the sanctuary, the name of Jesus was mingled with the hush of lullaby, the music of the sanctuary woke him like a matin hymn at morning; he has been dandled on the knee of piety and has sucked the breasts of godliness; he has been tutored and trained in the way he should go; how much more fearful I say, is the guilt of such a man than that of those who have never had such training, but have been left to follow their own wayward lusts and pleasures without the restraint of a holy education and the restraints of an enlightened conscience! If I might translate it into more metaphorical style, it is like this: Curb thy servant from presumptuous sin. Keep him back or he will wander to the edge of the precipice of sin. 5 Tips for Studying the Bible Effectively. Thou art playing with bombshells that shall burst and destroy thee; thou art sitting over the mouth of hell with a fancy that thou shalt not be burned. how much greater is the sin, when man not only has the light of conscience, but has also the admonition of friends, the advice of those who are wise and esteemed by him. my Saviour, thou hast eased my aching conscience, thou hast given me peace; thou hast enabled me to say#151; "Now, freed from sin I walk at large; My Saviour's blood's a full discharge At his dear feet my soul I lay, A sinner saved, and homage pay.". Say not, I never can be drunken, for I have such an abhorrence of drunkenness; thou mayest fall where thou art most secure. You have no right to do ityou are, in so doing, sinning against God, and bringing on your heads the guilt of presumptuous sin. "No, no," says one; "but I know that I can go just so far in such-and-such a sin, and there I can stop." I think such things, if not murders, are murderous. They are committed with the full knowledge that they are sins and in full light of what God has said. I would not give the snap of this my finger to gratify you with mere words of oratory, with a mere flow of language. It is clearly proved, in the one case, that the man was hungry, and that he snatched the loaf of bread to satisfy his necessities. He was a patient man; he might have said, I will never murmur; though he slay me, yet will I trust in him; and yet he lived to wish that the day were darkness wherein he was brought forth. Go home and confess that, confess it with cries and sighs. Did the man after Gods own heart need to cry, Keep back thy servant? Yes, he did. How many an infidel has done the samenot because he had any pleasure in the thing itself, but because out of the wickedness of his heart he would spit at God, if it were possible, having a design to let men know that though the sin itself was cheap enough, he was determined to do something which would be like spitting in the face of his Maker, and despising God who created him! Yes, they do. ", 2018-2021 Monergism by CPR Foundation. Has God just commanded, Ye shall do no manner of work? Here am I; I do not want sticks to-day; I do not want to work; not for the sake of sticks, but with the design of showing that I despise God, I go out this day and gather sticks. Now, says one, surely there are no people in the world that have ever done such a thing as this. Yes, there are; and there are such in the Surrey Music Hall this day. A man sins yet more presumptuously, when he has had most special warning from the voice of God against sin. Without advertising income, we can't keep making this site awesome for you. No teachings, dreams, visions, experiences, revelations should allow us to divert from the sound doctrine taught to us in God's written word. Has God just commanded, 'Ye shall do no manner of work?' The child who goes for a merry slide upon a pond, if he be told that the ice will not bear him, starteth back affrighted, or if he daringly creepeth upon it how soon he leaves it, if he hears but a crack upon the slender covering of the water! Now, I think here must be one of four things in a sin in order to make it presumptuous. In the other case the man was rich, and he willfully went into the shop merely because he would break the law and show that he was a law-breaker. If at your leisure at home you will turn to that passage in the book of Numbers, where it says there is no pardon for a presumptuous sin under the Jewish dispensation, you will find immediately afterward a case recorded. It is not long ago since you were given up; all said they might prepare a coffin for you, for your breath could not long be in your body. In the heat of some little dispute some one shall insult a man. Yet, the sin of ignorance, whether committed by the whole congregation (v.24-26) of by an individual (v.27-29), was easily forgiven after bringing the proper offerings. O "Lord, keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sin.". Search your heart. Thou liest, sir; against thyself thou liest; thou liest presumptuously in so doing. Presumptuous sins can only be committed in suppression of the conscience and in spite of its appeals. Fair Lord, I pray to you/concerning my excesses and deficiencies:/grant me forgiveness here/for my misdeeds, my ignorance. He could not escape; he must sit where be was. Again: I said that a presumptuous sin must be a matter of design, and have been committed with the intention of sin. To sit down and deliberately fashion schemes of wickedness is heinous, and I can find no other word fitly to express it. a sin-offering is to be presented with the accustomed rites, and the sin will be forgiven (verses 24, 25, 27, 28). So said Hazael, when the prophet told him that he would slay his master; but he went home and took a wet cloth and spread it over his master's face and choked him, and did the next day the sin which he abhorred before. A sin of ignorance is not presumptuous, unless that ignorance also be willful, in which case the ignorance itself is a presumptuous sin. And why? I thought there were some hearts that palpitated with confession, when I described the guilt of presumption. Think it not enough to abhor sin, you may yet fall into it. ", III. sin. "My soul looks back to see The burdens thou didst bear When hanging on the accursed tree, And hopes her guilt was there." 2023 Bluehorizonsmaui. 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