Loathsome thoughts – Thomas Brooks

“You will remember your conduct and all the actions by which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evil you have done.” Ezekiel 20:43

True repentance includes a loathing and abhorring of sin, and of ourselves for sin.

The sincere penitent loathes his sins, and he loathes himself also because of his sins. He cries out, “Oh these wanton eyes! Oh these wicked hands! Oh this deceitful tongue! Oh this crooked will! Oh this corrupt heart! Oh how do I loathe my sins, how do I loathe myself! My sins are a burden to me, and they make me a burden to myself! My sins are abhorrent to me, and they make me abhor myself in dust and ashes!”

A true penitent has not only low thoughts of himself, but loathsome thoughts of himself. None can think or speak so vilely of a Christian as he thinks and speaks so vilely of himself. “Behold, I am vile!” Job 40:4

They will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their detestable practices.” Ezekiel 6:9