THE BESETTING SIN
“Wherefore seeing we
also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside
every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with
patience the race that is set before us.”
Heb. 12:1
What is [the] sin which does so easily beset us? [The] sin
which predominates this whole letter. The besetting sin of the Hebrews,
UNBELIEF. What is unbelief? Opposite of belief. See Heb. 10:39. To know and believe Truth's claim but to refuse to
answer to His light.
Jesus has presented Himself as their long awaited Mesisah
but the nation refused the proof of His claim. All the OT scriptures that had
been pointed out as fulfilled by Him. But they refused to answer to the Light
shining before them. Some preachers teach that saints can have a besetting sin
they just can't conquer. Read Rev. 21:8 and see the eternity of people who just
can't seem to conquer particular sins Rev. 21:7 tells of the eternity of those
who conquer their sin by grace.
You say, "My besetting
sin is my temper, my love of drink, some form of impurity." Nothing of
the kind. You have not named your besetting sin. YOUR BESETTING SIN IS YOUR
PERSISTENT UNBELIEF IN JESUS. Sin is unbelief. If you would believe on Him your
evil temper would be changed, the very fire and force of your love of alcohol
would die out, quenched by the power of the Spirit. If you would but believe on
Him the feverish fire of your impurity would be dealt with. Some of you go
mourning all the days, with a mourning which insults heaven and grieves the
Spirit, over some besetting sin which you cannot cure. If you would but believe
on Him! The Spirit comes to give sin its relation to Jesus Christ, to reveal to
men the perfect Savior in order that they may understand that if any suffer the
penalty of sin it is because they have refused God's one great all-sufficient
remedy for sin.
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