The New Life

A Saviour from Sin.
on this account they do not come to the true rest of
salvation. They do not understand that to save is to
free from sin. Let us hold it fast. Jesus saves through
taking away sin. Then we shall learn two things.
The first is to come to Jesus with every sin.^ The
sin that still attacks and overmasters you, after that
you have given yourself over to the Lord, must not
make you lose heart. There must also be no endeavor
merely in your own strength to take away and
overcome sin. Bring every sin to Jesus. He has
been ordained by God to take away sin. He has
already brought it to nought upon the cross, and
broken its power.^ It is His work, it is His desire to
set you free from it. O learn then always to come to
Jesus with every sin. Sin is your deadly foe : if you
confess it to Jesus, and surrender it to Him, you shall
certainly overcome it.'
Learn to believe this firmly : this is the second
point. Understand that Jesus, Jesus Himself, is the
Saviour from sin. It is not you that must overcome
sin with the help of Jesus, but Jesus Himself : Jesus
in you.* If you would thus become free from sin, if
you would enjoy full salvation, let it be the one endeavor
of your life to stand always in full fellowship
with Jesus. Wait not till you enter into temptation
ere you have recourse to Jesus. But let your life be-
Torehand be always through Jesus. Let His nearness
1 Ps. xxxii. 5 ;
L,uke vii. 38, xix. 7, 8, 10
;
John viii. 11, xxxiv. 36.
SHeb. ix, 26.
' Rom. vii. 4, 9, viii. 2 ; 2 Cor. xii. 9 ; 2 Thess. ii. 3.
*Deut. viii. 17, 18; Ps. xliv. 4, 8 ;
John xvi. 33 ; i John v. 4, 5.
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