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Forgetful Hearer
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You have clothed yourself with a self-righteous garment to cover
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up the deformity of sin; but this is not the remedy. You know not
what true conversion is. The old man is not dead in you. You have a
form of godliness, but not the cleansing power of God. You can and
do talk and write smoothly, and as far as your words go, they may
possibly be correct; but the true language of the heart is not spoken.
You are enough acquainted with yourself to know this. Your case is
perilous; yet God pities you, and will save you if you fall all broken
at His feet, feeling your impurity and vileness, your rottenness of
soul, without the transforming power of God.
My brother, I do not wish to discourage you, but to lead you to
investigate your motives and acts as in the light of eternity. Break
away from Satan’s snare. Do not, I beg of you, lead any person to
think of you in a more elevated light than you can bear, for when
this deception shall be removed, and your true self appear as you
are, there will be a reaction. You do have convictions of the Spirit
of God and feel the force of truth when you listen to it; but these
sacred, softening impressions wear away, and you are a forgetful
hearer. You are not established, strengthened, and settled in the truth.
You have thought it best for your interest to adopt the truth, but you
have not yet experienced its sanctifying influence. Now we would
entreat of you, be not deceived, God is not mocked. It is not too late
for you to become a Christian; but do not move by impulse. Weigh
every move well, and deceive not your own soul.
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