Dethroned, but not destroyed!

(John Angell James, "Christian Progress" 1853)  LISTEN to audio!  Download audio

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"For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwells no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not." Romans 7:18

A Christian is truly regenerated, but at the same time only partially sanctified.

Sin is dethroned, but not destroyed!

His predominant taste and disposition are holy, but godly principles may not yet have struck their roots very deep into his soul.

His holy purposes are somewhat vacillating, and his inclinations to evil sometimes strong.

We have the burden of our fleshly corruptions to carry, which without great labor and effort, will sadly retard us in our Christian lives.

We are like a traveler who is on a smooth road, has fine weather, is intimately acquainted with the way, and has agreeable and helpful companions--but who at the same time is very lame, or has a load to carry. His lameness or his load will be a great delay to him. His attention must be directed to these things. He must cure the one or lighten the other, or he will make slow progress.

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"The church is infected and enfeebled with worldliness!" John Angell James