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  WALLOWED IN SIN LIKE SWINE IN THE MIRE
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: The sermon warns against self-deception, highlighting the
dangers of thinking we are good and holy when in reality we are still
sinful and in need of cleansing.

Topics: "Self-Deception", "True Holiness"
Scripture References: Proverbs 30:12, Matthew 23:27

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Thomas Brooks emphasizes the danger of self-deception in his sermon
'Wallowed in Sin Like Swine in the Mire,' warning that many people
consider themselves pure while being deeply entrenched in sin. He cites
Proverbs 30:12 to illustrate that those who are filthy in heart and
actions often maintain a facade of holiness, believing in their own
goodness despite their moral decay. Brooks argues that true holiness is
essential for a genuine relationship with God, and that those who live
in contradiction to their claims of righteousness will ultimately face
shame. The sermon serves as a call to self-examination and repentance,
urging believers to seek true purity rather than a false sense of
righteousness.

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The worst men are commonly best conceited of themselves.

"There is a generation which is pure in their own eyes--and

yet is not washed from their filthiness." Proverbs 30:12

They were very bad--and yet they had a great opinion of their

own goodness. They were very filthy, and yet they stood very

much upon their own purity. Their hands were black, their hearts

were black, their works were black, and their ways were as black

as hell--and yet they were pure in their own eye. They were

filthy within, and filthy without; filthy in body, and filthy in

soul, and filthy in spirit. Filthiness had quite overspread them,

and yet they thought to cover their filthiness with a mask of

holiness. There has always been such a generation of men, who

have wallowed in sin like swine in the mire--and yet have

kept up in themselves a strong opinion of their own goodness

and holiness.

There are many who are shining Christians, who are pure golden

Christians in their own eyes--who are vile in God's eyes!

Those who pretend their hearts are as good as the best, when

their lives are as bad as the worst--shall experience this truth

at last to their shame and cost--that without visible holiness

here, there can be no fruition of God hereafter.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/thomas-brooks/wallowed-in-sin-like-swine-in-the-mire/
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