Sin Has Robbed Us Of Six Jewels
By William Dyer Certainly the misery of man was very great,
that man should need such redemption as this. Oh, what a breach had
sin made between God and us, that the Son of God must come
from heaven to earth to suffer all this. O sirs, mischievous
sin has undone us. Sin has robbed every one of six
jewels, every one of which is of more worth than heaven and
earth. Would you know what jewels they
are, which sin has robbed us of? I will tell you, and then
you will agree that we were in a very miserable case indeed.
1. Sin robs us of the image of God. Was not this a precious jewel?
I say sin robbed us of the image of God and drew the devil's picture
in us. Malice is the devil's eye. Oppression is the devil's hand. Blasphemy is the devil's tongue. Hypocrisy is the devil's cloven
foot. Number two. Sin robs us of our
divine sonship and makes us slaves to the devil, slaves to sin,
slaves to the world, slaves to ourselves. This is another jewel
we have lost. 3. Sin robs us of our friendship
with God and makes us enemies to God, enemies to Christ, enemies
to our own souls, enemies to all that is holy. 4. Sin robs
us of our communion and fellowship with God and makes us strangers
and aliens to God. 5. Sin robs us of our rights
and privileges of heaven and heavenly things, and makes us
children of wrath and heirs of hell. 6. Sin robs us of our honour
and glory, and makes us vile and miserable, as you may see
in Isaiah 1.6. There is no soundness in us,
but only wounds, and bruises, and putrefying sores. Now, sirs,
put all this together, and then see whether or not we are miserable,
and whether we needed a Saviour to come and deliver us from this
misery into which our souls were plunged. Now, here is our happiness,
Christians. In Christ, we have these jewels
back again, which were lost in the old Adam. The glorious image
of God, our divine sonship, our friendship with God, our fellowship
with God, our heavenly privileges, our glory and honor. We have
regained all these by Jesus Christ.