September Radio Message
THE SINNER’S SAVIOUR by Dr. Robert G. Lee
G od ’ s W ord assures us, “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” (I Tim. 1:15). In the first Constitu tional Convention, four men spoke a total of 637 times. Were I, with all wisdom and eloquence, to speak 10 times 637 on sin and the sinner’s Saviour, I could not describe the ruinous ravages which have robbed us of the presence of God. The Bible tells us what to believe about God, man, sin, salvation, life, death, hell, heaven, and the future life. Scripture teaches us that sin is a reality. “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” Every man must say, “I have sinned.” Con science has a thousand different tongues. Every tongue brings in a separate tale, and every tale con demns you for your sin. David right ly observed, “My sin is ever before me.” God’s Book talks to us and teaches us the truth. Sin is ruin, although many may relish their practices with impenitent hardness of heart. Sin ners are a nightmare to the human race. While some scientists may tell us erroneously that sin is an upward stumble in man’s progress, still it
remains. It separates the constitu tional order of man’s nature and de stroys the harmony of his powers. Psychologists may say that modern prodigal sons are merely expressing themselves with a higher spirit; still “the wages of sin is death.” Sin is far more than just a dis agreeable hindrance to the smooth ongoing of the social machinery. It is really a thunderbolt that crushes lives. It is madness in the brain and poison in the heart. Sin abuses the authority and justice of God. It abuses God’s power as though the sinner’s breath was not in the Lord’s hand. It abuses God’s threatenings as if they were not to be feared. It abuses God’s promises as if they were lies. It abuses Christ as if He were a deceiver and a devil. Whether we say sin is transgres sion, overstepping the divine bound ary between good and evil, or iniqui ty, an act inherently wrong, express ly forbidden or not, it is still failure to meet the divine standards. It is basically spiritual anarchy or unbe lief. While it originated with Satan, entering the world through Adam and Eve, it is now universal. Only Christ alone is excepted. Sin darkens «3
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