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  ONE CONTINUED WEB OF WICKEDNESS
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: A true Christian cannot continue to sin because God's seed of
grace and regeneration remains in them.

Topics: "Regeneration", "Sin"
Scripture References: Romans 6:1, 1 John 3:9

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Thomas Brooks emphasizes that those born of God cannot continue in sin,
as God's seed resides within them, preventing them from living a life
characterized by iniquity. He contrasts the lives of true believers, who
do not engage in habitual sin, with those who are unregenerate and live
in a continuous web of wickedness, indulging in known sins. Brooks warns
that many formal and carnal professors of faith are ensnared in a
lifestyle of sin, highlighting the importance of genuine regeneration
and the transformative power of God's grace.

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CONTENT
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"No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because

God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning,

because he has been born of God." 1 John 3:9

That is, they do not allow themselves in the practice

of any iniquity. Gracious souls do not live in the service

of sin, they do not live in an ordinary practice of any

iniquity. He who has the seed of God, the seed of grace

and regeneration in him--he cannot allow himself in a

way of sin, he cannot give himself over to a voluntary

serving of sin, he cannot make a trade of sin.

But now the whole trade, the whole life of formal and

carnal professors, is nothing else but one continued

web of wickedness; there is no wicked unregenerate

person in the world--but lives in the daily practice of

some known sin or other--but allows himself in some

trade or way of wickedness or other.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/thomas-brooks/one-continued-web-of-wickedness/
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