Either with Jesus or with You

“The mouth of the Lord has spoken it. How many mouths does the Lord put to His use? How many Elijahs? How many Sundays in Advent? How many calls to repent, to turn? As many as your sins that need repentance. The Lord is slow to give up on you. He calls you to repent again and again. But if you insist on holding onto your sins—perhaps just your favorite one or two—and try to run with both Him and your sins, He will finally put an end to that game. He tells you so. He issues a warning call to repent, to turn; Your sins are either with Jesus or with you. It is only the sins you hold and keep away from Him that can damn you. Jesus has already answered for your sins. You have to take them back from Him to be damned by them.”

Selected Sermons of Norman Nagel

CPH 2004, page 22

HT: Steven Anderson