Battle for God's Truth

"Indwelling corruption is the most powerful of all causes of backsliding. In regeneration God grants His people spiritual life by uniting them to Christ. This life is predisposed toward growth—and indeed it does grow. You would be able to observe this if you would compare your current condition with your condition when you were first changed. " The Power of Indwelling Corruption: The Christian's Reasonable Service - Wilhelmus à Brakel (1) The complaints of the saints: “O Lord, why hast Thou made us to err from Thy ways, and hardened our heart from Thy fear?” (Isa 63:17); “But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am!” (Rom 7:23-24). (2) Such texts in which believers confess the power of indwelling corruption: “Iniquities prevail against me” (Ps 65:3). (3) Such texts in which saints pray to be kept from this. “Keep back Thy servant also...

"They thus bring trouble upon their soul and begin to think that they are yet entirely in the dark and unconverted. Yes, this can cause great darkness to come upon them, so that even the light of faith becomes so dim that they cannot perceive any light." Spiritual Darkness: The Christian's Reasonable Service - Wilhelmus à Brakel

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