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"How infinitely superior in value is grace to all the riches of this earth! And yet the least of these riches is often blindly preferred to grace. The most detestable created good induces us to cast away grace sacriligiously--in playful jest, as it were, There are always men who wantonly surrender to the enemy of their soul this plentitude of gifts, including God himself, for the mere indulgence of one sinful, unchaste look. More inconsiderate than Esau, they lose an inheritance greater than the world for the sake of a miserable momentary enjoyment!
"Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and ye gates thereof, be very desolate." (Jer. 2: 12)"
I've often been guilty of taking my relationship with the Lord for granted...knowing of His love and mercy and that He is willing to forgive over and over can lead me to the sin of presumption.
Psalm 19:13 says, "Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be innocent from the great transgression."
