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  TO SIN AND NOT TO BLUSH!
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of shame and remorse in
the Christian life, warning against the dangers of sinning without
feeling any shame or remorse.

Topics: "Repentance", "Sin and Shame"
Scripture References: Psalm 51:3, Proverbs 28:13, Isaiah 30:3, Jeremiah 3:25, Ezekiel 16:63, Luke 15:18, Romans 6:21, 2 Corinthians 7:10, 1 John 1:9, Revelation 21:8

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Thomas Brooks emphasizes the deep connection between sin and shame,
asserting that true shame arises from the recognition of one's sins and
the need for atonement. He reflects on Ezekiel 16:63, illustrating that
when God's anger is pacified and sins are pardoned, the penitent soul
experiences profound shame for past actions. Brooks warns that a person
who has lost all sense of shame is in a perilous state, ripe for
destruction and under the influence of evil. He contrasts the shame that
accompanies sin with the false bravado of those who, like Caligula, take
pride in their lack of shame. Ultimately, Brooks calls for a recognition
of sin's shamefulness as essential for spiritual health and redemption.

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Only those things which are sinful, are shameful.

"Then, when I make atonement for you for all you have

done, you will remember and be ashamed and never

again open your mouth because of your humiliation,

declares the Sovereign Lord." Ezekiel 16:63

When the penitent soul sees his sins pardoned, the

anger of God pacified, and divine justice satisfied,

then he sits down ashamed.

Sin and shame are inseparable companions.

A Christian cannot have the seeming sweet of sin, but

he shall have the real shame which accompanies sin.

These two God has joined together, and all the world

cannot put them asunder.

It was the vile and impenitent Caligula who said

of himself, "that he loved nothing better in himself,

than that he could not be ashamed."

A soul who has sinned away all shame, is a soul ripe for

hell--and given up to Satan! A greater plague cannot

befall a man in this life, than to sin and not to blush!

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/thomas-brooks/to-sin-and-not-to-blush/
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