We still have the presence of sin, nay, the stirrings and workings of corruptions. These make us to have many a sad heart and wet eye. Yet Christ has thus far freed us from sin; it shall not have dominion. There may be the turbulence, but not the prevalence of sin. There may be the stirrings of corruption. It was said of Carthage that Rome was more troubled with it when half destroyed than when whole. So a godly man may be more troubled with sin when it is conquered than when it reigned. Sin will still work, but it is checked in its workings. They are rather workings for life than from life. They are not such uncontrolled workings as formerly. Sin is under command. Indeed, it may get advantage, and may have a tyranny in the soul, but it will never more be sovereign. I say, it may get into the throne of the heart and play the tyrant in this or that particular act of sin, but shall never more be as a king there. Its reign is over; you will never yield a voluntary obedience to sin. Sin is conquered, though it still has a being within you.

Topics: Temptation & Struggle, Grace & Redemption, Freedom & Truth

Samuel Bolton

Samuel Bolton war ein englischer puritanischer Theologe und Geistlicher des 17. Jahrhunderts, der in London predigte sowie als Master des Christ’s College in Cambridge und Mitglied der Westminster-Synode wirkte. Bekanntheit erlangte er vor allem durch sein Werk „The True Bounds of Christian Freedom“, in dem er das Verhältnis von biblischem Gesetz und christlicher Freiheit zwischen Gesetzlichkeit und Antinomismus bestimmte. Für Bibelleser bietet sein Ansatz eine theologische Orientierung dazu, wie das Gesetz Gottes und die Botschaft der Gnade im gelebten Glauben zusammenwirken.

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