Fuller: but one sin more

Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Meditation:
    If anyone sees his brother commit a sin that does not lead to death, he should pray and God will give him life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that he should pray about that. All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death. We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the one who was born of God keeps him safe, and the evil one cannot harm him.
    —1 John 5:16-18 (NIV)
Quotation:
    Lord, often have I thought to myself, I will sin but this one sin more, and then I will repent of it, and of all the rest of my sins together. So foolish was I, and ignorant. As if I should be more able to pay my debts when I owe more: or as if I should say, I will wound my friend once again, and then I will lovingly shake hands with him; but what if my friend will not shake hands with me?
    ... Thomas Fuller (1608-1661), Good Thoughts in Bad Times [1645], Chicago: United Society of Christian Endeavor, Boston, 1898, Personal Meditations, XXIII (see the book)
    See also 1 John 5:16-18; Isa. 30:1; Jer. 9:3; 2 Tim. 3:12-13
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, grant me the self-control to stop the cycle of sin. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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