Sin has been pardoned at such a price that we cannot henceforth trifle with it.
Interpretation
The gravity of sin and its forgiveness should not be taken lightly, given the sacrifice made for it.
This quote by Charles Spurgeon emphasizes the seriousness of sin and the immense cost of its forgiveness. It reminds us that because such a significant price has been paid for our redemption, we should treat sin with the utmost respect and not trivialize it in our lives.
In practice
In a sermon on grace, one might use this quote to stress the importance of understanding the implications of our choices.
Amusement should be used to do us good “like a medicine”: it must never be used as the food of the man...Many have had all holy thoughts and gracious resolutions stamped out by perpetual trifling. Pleasure so called is the murderer of thought. This is the age of excessive amusement: everybody craves for it, like a babe for its rattle.
When you see no present advantage, walk by faith and not by sight. Do God the honor to trust Him when it comes to matters of loss for the sake of principle.
It is far easier to fight with sin in public than to pray against it in private.
You will never glory in God till first of all God has killed your glorying in yourself.
After faith comes repentance, or, rather, repentance is faith's twin brother and is born at the same time.
["All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant."] The original Hebrew word that has been translated "paths" means "well-worn roads' or "wheel tracks," such ruts as wagons make when they go down our green roads in wet weather and sink in up to the axles. God's ways are at times like heavy wagon tracks that cut deep into our souls, yet all of them are merciful.
When life demands more of people than they demand of life - as is ordinarily the case - what results is a resentment of life almost as deep-seated as the fear of death
The definition of morality: Morality is the idiosyncrasy of decadents having the hidden desire to revenge themselves upon life - and being successful.
The ecstasy is so short but the forgetting is so long.
I don't think you can measure wealth in dollars and cents. I really don't believe that at all because there are some things that money cannot buy. One of them is health. And the other is security in your relationships and friends.
"Terrorism" is what we call the violence of the weak, and we condemn it; "war" is what we call the violence of the strong, and we glorify it.
I do think the patriotic thing to do is to critique my country. How else do you make a country better but by pointing out its flaws?
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