What is needed at the beginning
And this is undoubtedly true. There is a repentance and a faith which are needed especially at the beginning. That repentance is a conviction of our utter sinfulness, and guiltiness, and helplessness. It comes before we receive the kingdom of God, which our Lord says is within us. And the faith that goes with it is the faith by which we receive that kingdom: righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.
1771 text
2. And this is undoubtedly true, that there is a repentance and a faith, which are more especially necessary at the beginning: a repentance which is a conviction of our utter sinfulness, and guiltiness, and helplessness: and which precedes our receiving that kingdom of God, which our Lord observes is within us; and a faith, whereby we receive that kingdom, even righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
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Sermon 14 in the 1771 Works. Mark 1:15. Dated at Londonderry, 24 April 1767.
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