John 8:21-24 Then said Jesus again to them, I go my way, and you shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: where I go, you cannot come.… Our Lord spoke as One having authority, as a king from the throne, a judge from the tribunal. I. WHAT IS INCLUDED IN OUR BELIEVING IN CHRIST. 1. A deep sense of our need of Him as the only and all-sufficient Saviour. "They that are whole need not a physician" (Isaiah 27:13; Matthew 9:12). 2. A giving full credit to the gospel revelation concerning Him in His Person, offices, and work. 3. A full conviction of conscience arising — (1) From a discernment of the excellency of what is revealed. (2) From the manner in which it is revealed. 4. A removal of all enmity and aversion to Christ. 5. A. powerful attraction of the whole soul to Christ, a closing in with the gospel way of salvation, and a cleaving to Him with full purpose of heart. II. THE AWFUL CONSEQUENCES OF UNBELIEF (Ezekiel 3:18). Unbelievers — 1. Die in a state of guilt and under condemnation. Their conscience condemns them because they have defiled it; the law, because they have broken it; the gospel, because they have rejected it. This condemnation is now (John 3:18). 2. Die under the power and dominion of sin (Revelation 22:11). 3. Dying in their sins, they sink under everlasting punishment. Those who sin against the remedy perish without it. (B. Beddome, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. |
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