SPECIMENS OF SKETCHES ON PROV 14:9 - Robert Murray Mcchene

“Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is Favour.”

I. What the natural heart thinks of sin. —1 Men sin easily. As a fountain casting out its waters. Jer 7 Such is the natural flow of their heart 2 They bear the load lightly. At ease in Zion 3 The heavier the load, they sin the more easily. Like a river filled. Eph. 4:19.

II. What God thinks of sin. —1 He says He hates it. Jer. 44:4. 2He has prepared hell for it. 3 He has punished it in his Son.

III. What awakened souls think of it. —Rom. 7:9; John 16; Ps. 51. The jailor. The sting.

IV. What believers think of it.