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"The "sin unto death" in 1 John 5:16 has provoked widespread
discussion. The correct meaning revolves around the nature of the sin and the
nature of the death referred to. The context and word selection point to the
conclusion that the individual "committing a sin not unto death" is an unsaved
man who professes to be a believer, but who is, in actuality, in need of
salvation. On the one hand, John refers to one who is sinning but is not doing
so to the point of the impossibility of being granted eternal life. The apostle
encourages intercessory prayer for such an individual, that God may grant to
him eternal life. On the other hand, he asserts that if a man does sin to such
an extent that repentance and forgiveness are impossible, it would be "unto
death," spiritual death in the sense that his condition is irrevocable (cf. Matt
12:31-32)."
From: The Master's Seminary
Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 17-33, Spring 1990
EDWARDS, JONATHAN 1703-1758
"The End Of The Wicked "Contemplated By The Righteous"
"When they shall come to bear the wrath of the Almighty poured out upon them without
mixture, and executed upon them without pity or restraint, or any mitigation; it will doubtless
cause anguish, and horror, and amazement vastly beyond all the sufferings and torments that ever
any man endured in this world; yea, beyond all extent of our words or thoughts."
EDWARDS, JONATHAN 1703-1758
"The Future Punishment Of The Wicked Unavoidable And Intolerable".
"Since God hath undertaken to deal with impenitent sinners, they shall neither shun the
threatened misery, nor deliver themselves out of it, nor can they bear it."
EDWARDS, JONATHAN 1703-1758
"God Makes Man Sensible Of Their Misery Before He Reveals His Mercy And
Love"
"That 'tis God's manner to make men sensible of their misery and unworthiness, before he
appears
in his mercy and love to them."
EDWARDS, JONATHAN 1703-1758
"Pardon For The Greatest Of Sinners"
"If we truly come to God for mercy, the greatness of our sin will be
no impediment to pardon."
EDWARDS, JONATHAN 1703-1758
"The Portion Of The Wicked"
"Indignation, wrath, and misery and anguish of soul is the portion that God has allotted to
wicked
men."
EDWARDS, JONATHAN 1703-1758
"Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God".
A call to sinners to repentance: to those who were members of his church by virtue
of descent, rather than by regeneration.
EDWARDS, JONATHAN 1703-1758
"Sinners In Zion Tenderly Warned"
"When the wicked shall have filled up the measure of their sin, wrath will come upon them to
the
uttermost."
EDWARDS, JONATHAN 1703-1758
"Unbelievers Contemn The Glory And Excellency Of Christ"
"Unbelievers set nothing by all the glory and excellency that is in Christ."
EDWARDS, JONATHAN 1703-1758
"The Vain Self-flatteries Of The Sinner"
"Wicked men generally flatter themselves with hopes of escaping punishment, till it actually
comes
upon them."
EDWARDS, JONATHAN 1703-1758
"The Warnings Of Scripture Are In The Best Manner Adapted To The Awakening And
Conversion Of Sinners"
"The warnings of God's Word are more fitted to obtain the ends of awakening sinners, and
bringing them to repentance, than the rising of one from the dead to warn
them."
EDWARDS, JONATHAN 1703-1758
"When The Wicked Shall Have Filled up The Measure Of Their Sin, Wrath Will Come
upon Them To The Uttermost"
"When those that continue in sin have filled up the measure of their sins, then wrath will come
upon them to the uttermost."
EDWARDS, JONATHAN 1703-1758
"Wicked Men Inconsistent With Themselves"
"How should he have any peace, who is his own enemy, who chooses and practices these
things which his own conscience condemns, and which his own reason tells him tend to his own
ruin?"
GRACE TO YOU
"What Is The Essence Of Sin?"
"Essentially, sin is any transgression or violation of God's law."
MacARTHUR, JOHN F. 1939-present
"Dealing With Habitual Sins"
"It is the nature of man, even the nature of a believer, to be easily entangled in sin. It happens so
easily, and frankly there are certain sins which more easily entangle each of us than other ones.
Each of us, in our own lives, have certain propensities for specific kinds of sins. It can be
because we have in the past life cultivated habits of sin which now plague us even after our
salvation. It could be because in our spiritual weakness even after becoming Christians we
continued to develop habits of certain types of sin; certain specific sins that now we find more
easily than others do entangle us."
MacARTHUR, JOHN F. 1939-present
"The Believer And Indwelling Sin"
Sermon 1 - Romans 7:14-17
Sermon 2 - Romans 7:18-25
"I believe that when an individual comes to Jesus Christ, there is planted
within that individual a new creation, a new nature, a new essence, a new self,
a new man. And that the great heartbeat and passion and cry of that new
creation is a longing for the things of God. And over against that, a
resentment and a hatred of sin. And that indeed is the spirit of the Apostle
Paul as he writes in our text, look at it, beginning at verse 14..."
MacARTHUR, JOHN F. 1939-present
Sin: It's Source And Extent - Genesis: Origins Series
Sermon 1 - What Is Sin? -
Genesis 3:1-7
Sermon 2 - The Breadth And Depth Of Sin - Genesis
3:1-7
"Genesis 3 explains the human dilemma. All the problems in the universe have their origin in
the events of this historic account. [I'll] say that again: All the problems in the universe...physical
problems, spiritual problems, moral problems, social problems, economic problems, political
problems...all the problems in the universe have their origin in the events of this historic account.
This Chapter, then, is the foundation of any true and accurate world view. And without this
foundation, every and any world view is utterly wrong. If you do not understand the origin of sin
and its impact based on Genesis Chapter 3, then your understanding of the world is wrong.
Everything then is misunderstood; everything is misevaluated; everything is misread; everything is
misdiagnosed, and hopelessly incurable."
NEWELL, WILLIAM REED 1868-1956
"Romans Verse By Verse", Chapter 5
Original Sin
TOPLADY, AUGUSTUS 1740-1778
"A Short Essay On Original Sin"
"The most enlightened believer in the world knows not the utmost of his natural depravation,
nor is able to fathom that inward abyss of iniquity which is perpetually throwing up mire and
dirt; and which, like a spring of poison at the bottom of a well, infects and discolours the whole
mass."
WATSON, THOMAS 1620-1686
"Degrees Of Sin" - from A Body Of Divinity,
1692, The Ten Commandments
Are all transgressions of the law equally heinous? Some sins in themselves, and by reason of
several aggravations, are more heinous in the sight of God than others. 'He that delivered me unto
thee, has the greater sin.' John 19:11. The Stoic philosophers held that all sins were equal; but this
Scripture clearly holds forth that there is a gradual difference in sin; some are greater than others;
some are 'mighty sins,' and crying sins.' Amos 5: 12; Gen 18: 21. Every sin has a voice to speak,
but some sins cry. As some diseases are worse than others, and some poisons more venomous, so
some sins are more heinous. 'Ye have done worse than your fathers, your sins have exceeded
theirs.' Jer 16: 12; Ezek 16: 47. Some sins have a blacker aspect than others; to clip the king's coin
is treason; but to strike his person is a higher degree of treason. A vain thought is a sin, but a
blasphemous word is a greater sin."
WATSON, THOMAS 1620-1686
"The Law And Sin" - from A Body Of Divinity,
1692, The Ten Commandments
"A natural man cannot perfectly keep all God's commandments, because he is born in sin, and
lives in sin. Psa 51: 5. 'He drinketh iniquity like water.' Job 15: 16. All the imaginations of his
thoughts are evil, and only evil. Gen 6: 5. The least evil thought is a breach of the royal law; and if
there be defection, there cannot be perfection. As a natural man has no power to keep the moral
law, so he has no will. He is not only dead, but worse than dead. A dead man does no hurt, but
there is a life of resistance against God that accompanies the death of sin. A natural man not only
cannot keep the law through weakness, but he breaks it through wilfulness. 'We will do
whatsoever goes out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven.' Jer 44: 17."
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