Sinning Against Grace

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 25, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 33.

Sinning Against Grace

THERE are some things which the grace of God can not do. It can not save those who deliberately continue in sin. It is only effective in the lives of men and women who have formed the single purpose to walk in the way of righteousness. There are many who make a sort of half-way covenant, secretly pledging themselves to the service of Satan while openly taking the vows of a Christian disciple. They have an idea that there is a positive virtue in being identified with the church. It costs little, they argue, in the way of personal effort or personal sacrifice, to be a nominal church-member, and the connection, moreover, may have some advantages. While they bear the Christian name, they may secretly engage in selfish and sinful pursuits, taking care to repent and reform when death threatens.—The Independent.