not that there is not power in God to deliver us, but there is not always in us the steadfastness to keep our eyes fixed on Christ, to reckon ourselves “to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.” The moment a believer becomes self-occupied, unwatchful, neglectful of prayer, you have sin. Let us remember that sin consists not merely in doing overt evil acts, but just as truly in not doing the good that you might. “To him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not,
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