Past Faults
The sermon teaches that past faults should not hinder us from seeking God, and that we should focus on doing everything for God with a quiet and calm heart.
Mary Wilder Tileston preaches about the freedom from condemnation for those in Christ Jesus, emphasizing the importance of walking in the Spirit and rejecting past hindrances, anxious thoughts, and faults that may try to separate us from God. She encourages focusing on seeking to do everything for God, doing tasks well without overthinking, and patiently addressing our faults with self-abnegation and humility. Tileston urges believers to be constant, courageous, and rejoice in the will to be wholly God's.
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There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
--ROMANS 8:1
IT may be that recollections of the past hinder you, but you must reject them; anxious thoughts may arise, put them away; your faults seem to raise up a barrier, but no past faults can separate a loving heart from God.
--H. L. SIDNEY LEAR
Do not scrutinize so closely whether you are doing much or little, ill or well, so long as what you do is not sinful, and that you are heartily seeking to do everything for God. Try as far as you can to do every.thing well, but when it is done do not think about it; try rather to think of what is to be done next. Go on simply in the Lord's way, and do not torment yourself. We ought to hate our faults, but with a quiet, calm hatred, not pettishly and anxiously. We must learn to look patiently at them, and win through them the grace of self-abnegation and humility. Be constant and courageous, and rejoice that He has given you the will to be wholly His.
--ST. FRANCIS DE SALES
Sermon Outline
- Rejecting Past Faults
- Focusing on the Present
- Overcoming Faults
- Hate faults with quiet hatred
- Learn to look patiently at faults
- Win through faults the grace of self-abnegation and humility
Key Quotes
“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“We ought to hate our faults, but with a quiet, calm hatred, not pettishly and anxiously.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
“Be constant and courageous, and rejoice that He has given you the will to be wholly His.” — Mary Wilder Tileston
Application Points
- Stop scrutinizing your past performance and focus on seeking to do everything for God.
- Hate your faults with a quiet, calm hatred, and learn to look patiently at them.
- Be constant and courageous, and rejoice that God has given you the will to be wholly His.