Is there sin in the one who is in Christ?
Is there, then, sin in the person who is in Christ? Does sin remain in someone who believes in him? Is there any sin in those who are born of God, or are they wholly delivered from it? Let no one imagine that this is a question of mere curiosity, or that it matters little which way it is decided. It is a point of the utmost importance to every serious Christian. The answer concerns both his present happiness and his eternal happiness very nearly.
1771 text
If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature.
I. 1. IS there then sin in him that is in Christ? Does sin remain in one that believes in him? Is there any sin in them that are born of God, or are they wholly delivered from it? Let no one imagine this to be a question of mere curiosity: or that it is of little importance whether it be determined one way or the other. Rather it is a point of the utmost moment, to every serious Christian: the resolving of which very nearly concerns both his present and eternal happiness.
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Sermon 13 in the 1771 Works. Second Corinthians 5:17.
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