Desiring God – Thomas Waston

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Ingredient 1: Sight of Sin

“A man must first recognize and consider what his sin is, and know the plague of his heart before he can be duly humbled for it. Th first creature God made was light. So the first thing in a penitent is illumination: ‘Now ye are light in the Lord’ (Eph. 5:8). The eye is made [...]

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Till Sin Be Bitter

“Till sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet.” – Thomas Watson, The Doctrine of Repentance, p. 63

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If We Were More Deeply Affected With Sin

“How happy it would be if we were more deeply affected with sin, and our eyes did swim in their orb. We may clearly see the Spirit of God moving in the waters of repentance, which though troubled, are yet pure. Moist tears dry up sin and quench the wrath of God. Repentance is the [...]

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The Two Wings of the Saint

“The  two great graces essential to a saint in this life are faith and repentance. These are the two wings by which he flies to heaven. Faith and repentance preserve the spiritual life as heat and radical moisture do the natural.” – Thomas Watson, The Doctrine of Repentance, p. 7

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Godly Sorrow

“Godly sorrow shows itself to be ingenuous because when a Christian knows that he is out of the gun-shot of hell and shall never be damned, yet he still grieves for sinning against that free grace which has pardoned him.” – Thomas Watson, The Doctrine of Repentance, p. 22

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The Value of The Soul

“If Christ thought the soul was worth the shedding of His blood, well may we think it worth spending our sweat.” – Thomas Watson

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