Great sin of rejecting ChristThe ultimate farewellRev. Ivan Foster · Sunday - PMJohn 15:22 · Sun Oct 26, 2008
The rejection of Christ by a sinner is the ultimate farewell. When Pharaoh said to Moses, "Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more" (Exodus 10:28), little did he realise that he was bidding farewell to Moses' God and to his own life and embracing eternal damnation. How ominous was the response of Moses. "Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more," Exodus 10:29. Some sins are more culpable than others. A variety of reasons make this to be so. Listen to the Saviour's words against two towns. "Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you," Matt 11:21-22. The sins of these two towns were greater than the sins of other towns because of the privileges they enjoyed. They probable did not steal more or blaspheme more than other towns. What made the difference was the opportunities of repenting and embracing Christ were more than other towns. Hence their rejection of Christ made their sin all the more. When the Saviour says: "If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin", He is speaking of that sin which is the greatest of all sins, rejection of the Redeemer. The guilt of the Jews would have been comparatively much less had He not come amongst them and declared the way of salvation. Our Saviour's witness amongst them made them wholly inexcusable.
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