If the Law Condemn Thee, God Will Acquit Thee

Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. – Galatians 3:10

Let me ask thee this, my friend-Wast thou ever condemned by the law in thine own conscience? “Nay, sayest thou, “I know not what thou meanest.” Of course thou dost not; and thou hast no hope, then, that thou art safe. But I will ask thee yet again: Hast thou been condemned by the law in thy conscience? Hast thou ever heard the word of God saying in thy own soul, “Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them?” And hast thou felt that thou wast cursed? Didst thou ever stand before God’s bar, like a poor condemned criminal before the judge, ready for execution? …Hast thou ever felt thyself to be a worthless, ruined, sin-condemned, law-condemned, conscience-condemned sinner? Hast thou ever fallen down before God, and said: “Lord, Thou art just; though Thou slay me, I will say, Thou art just; for I am sinful, and I deserve Thy wrath?” As the Lord liveth, if thou hast never felt that, thou art a stranger to His grace; for the man who acquits himself God condemneth; and if the law condemn thee, God will acquit thee. So long as thou hast felt thyself condemned, thou mayest know that Christ died for condemned ones, and shed His blood for sinners; but and if thou foldest thine arms in self-security, if thou sayest: “I am good, I am righteous, I am honorable,” be thou warned of this-thine armor is the weaving of a spider; it shall be broken in pieces; the garments of thy righteousness are light as the web of the gossamer, and shall be blown away by the breath of the Eternal, in that day when He will unspin all that nature hath ever woven. Ay, I bid thee now take heed; if thou hast never been condemned by the law, thou hast never been acquitted by grace.~ C.H. Spurgeon

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