Worse Than Broken

"And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind." - Eph 2:1-3

I ran across an excellent post on the Gospel Coalition blog yesterday. Its challenge to me coincides with my working through the book Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges.  In essence through both the book and the blog, God is strongly reminding me that sin is serious and dealing with it is a here and now expectation of all believers.

Here's an excerpt from the blog:

"For believers, the word [broken] doesn’t go deep enough to move us forward in sanctification. God describes our sin many ways—almost all of which are far worse than “broken.” We’re rebellious, idolatrous, lost, enslaved, disobedient, adulterous, and—in case the point wasn’t pressed far enough—dead. If we see our sin as mere brokenness, our repentance and abhorrence at sin won’t push us in the opposite direction hard enough. And our appreciation of the cross as the only cure will be replaced with self-effort and legalism."

Read the whole thing here.

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