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Through Baca’s Vale

November 12

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“He will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.”
Micah 7:19

Sin subdued is the next greatest blessing to sin pardoned; and wherever God pardons sin, He subdues sin; for the same grace which saves sanctifies; the same grace which casts sin behind God’s back, puts its foot upon the corruptions of the believer, and prevents iniquity from having dominion over him.

The Scripture is very plain and express upon this point. “Sin shall not have dominion over you.” Why? “Because you are not under the law,” which gives sin its strength and power, “but under grace,” which is able to subdue its dominion. Nor do I believe that any child of God can ever rest satisfied except by the subduing of his sins as well as the pardoning of them.

To have his unbelief, infidelity, worldly-mindedness, pride, and covetousness subdued by the grace of God, its power taken out of it, its dominion dethroned, its authority destroyed, and its strength weakened and diminished, that he may not be under the dominion of any lust, or carried away by the strength of any secret or open sin, but may walk before God in the light of His countenance, as desirous to know His will and do it—this is the desire and breathing of every one that knows sin in its guilt, filth, and power. How gracious, then, is the promise, how sweet the favor, that the Lord has promised to subdue our iniquities by the same grace as that whereby He pardons them; that, as we receive the blood of Christ to sprinkle the conscience, so we receive the grace of Christ to sanctify and renew the soul, and the strength of Christ to overcome all our inward and outward foes.

To the reader…

Do you sigh, tried soul, under the power of a sin that masters you again and again? Have you indeed tasted something of forgiveness, yet still find no rest, because your unbelief, your worldly-mindedness or your pride remains so strong? That is not strange. No child of God can rest content in forgiveness alone; he also longs for sin to be dethroned and to lose its power.

Hear, then, what the Lord promises: He will subdue your iniquities. The same grace that casts sins behind God’s back also sets its foot upon the corruptions of the believer. You are not under the law, which gives sin its strength, but under grace, which can subdue its dominion. Bring your struggle to Him, then. As the blood of Christ sprinkles your conscience, so His grace will sanctify you, until you may walk in the light of God’s countenance.

With warm regards,
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