Matthew 9:12 But when Jesus heard that, he said to them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. I. SIN IS THE SICKNESS OF THE SOUL. It is the disease of the soul that makes the sinner a sick man. 1. Sickness brings pain and torment to the body, so does sin to the soul. 2. Sickness takes away the beauty of the body. Sin spoils the beauty of the soul. 3. Diseases are death's carols which are sent; before it to bind the prisoner. Sin tends to spiritual and eternal deeds, and will bring it on if it be not cured, II. WHAT IS IN SIN THAT SICKENS THE SOUL? 1. The guilt of it. the obligation to punishment. 2. The stain. It brings a blot with it, that defiles the soul. 3. The reigning power of it. Sin keeps its throne. It commands and receives obedience. 4. The indwelling power of it. III. WHAT ARE THE PROPERTIES OF SOUL SICKNESS? 1. It is spiritual. They are the most dangerous disorders that affect the vital parts. 2. It is an universal sickness, spreading itself through the whole man. All the faculties of the soul are injured and disordered by it. It darkens the mind, wounds the conscience, pollutes the heart, disorders the affections, and weakens the memory for good. 3. It is an infectious sickness. 4. It is hereditary, natural to us. We are born with it. 5. It is a growing disease. 6. It is mortal disease. IV. Is SIN THE SICKNESS OF YOUR SOUL? 1. GO quickly to the Physician for the cure of the disease of the soul which you labour under, Delay no longer. 2. Time is flying. No medicine will cure that wound, no argument will persuade it to return. Yesterday has taken its eternal farewell. The candle burnt to the snuff will not light again. Your only time is the present. 3. Death is approaching. If death take us away raider the power of that sickness, there is no cure for it hereafter, if. 4. Make frequent application to Christ. Such people as can take little food at once, had need to take it frequently, Alas! the few addresses which we make to the throne of grace, look like as we thought ourselves whole, little needing the Physician. (Thomas Boston.) Parallel Verses KJV: But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. |
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