Bible Dictionaries
Sin: Loathed by a Christian

Spurgeon's Illustration Collection


An Arminian arguing with a Calvinist remarked, 'If I believed your doctrine, and were sure that I was a converted man, I would take my fill of sin.' 'How much sin,' replied the godly Calvinist, 'do you think it would take to fill a true Christian to his own satisfaction?' Here he hit the nail on the head. 'How can we that are dead to sin live any longer therein?' A truly converted man hates sin with all his heart, and even if he could sin without suffering for it, it would be misery enough to him to sin at all.


Bibliography Information
Spurgeon, Charles. Entry for 'Sin: Loathed by a Christian'. Spurgeon's Illustration Collection. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fff/​s/sin-loathed-by-a-christian.html. 1870.