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Sinfulness of Sin (Puritan Paperbacks)

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This book will humble anyone who reads it. From start to finish, Venning opens up the dark caverns of the human heart, and reveals how truly sinful and rebellious we are to our Creator. Venning not only shows how man can blatantly and openly sin, but exhaustively describes the hidden things of the heart that cause sin, namely, our selfish attitudes. The author brings the book to a close by directing the reader to the Lord Jesus Christ, who alone is our Righteousness, our Savior, and Redeemer. A must read for a young believer who desires to live a holy life in Jesus Christ.

It's difficult to find a Christian publication now-a-days that even mentions the word sin... Throughout Christian history this would be deemed abnormal. I am sure the Holy Spirit is far more irritated than I. But, picking up this ole' Puritan Paperback, has filled in the gaping necessity in my personal discipleship on "The Sinfulness of Sin." When you are evangelizing, and you mention the reality of hell, do you get questions like, 'I'm a good person, and I'm going to hell? What a mean and unjust God to send me there!' Well, if you have only received teachings from many present day churches, you'll have no response to a person like this because it's currently taboo not to talk on the heinousness crimes against God's holy government: sin. Pick up this book, as a paint and black dye, to help color iniquities blackened backdrop on a good creation, and the holy stars of God's glorious grace will clearly shine through.

"If you speak little of our wickedness, then you have little to say about the glory of the Cross of Christ." --Paul Washer

"He who thinks lightly of sin thinks lightly of the Saviour." --Charles Spurgeon

First published in 1666, The Sinfulness of Sin was written in the time of the Great Plague of London. Originally titled Sin: The Plague of Plagues, the book bolstered a demanding statement. It suggested that beyond any other human pain, even death, sin is the most serious of all epidemics.

I have to admit, this book has sat on my shelf for nearly two years because I feared its truth. The darkness of sin, while ever-present, is often veiled in the monotony of life. Sin is our default setting; sin often seems so reasonable. Just as Adam and Eve, we too often seek our own way and try to create a world that feels comfortable for ourselves, even though as we do we shun God's law and what he knows is best for us.


In reading this book during the final weeks of the Lenten season, it afforded me a challenging glimpse at not only my own guilt and failure, but a perspective of the suffering of Christ and the sacrifice he made on our behalf. Venning does a thorough treatment of Christ's own experience of living amongst sinful humanity, and how that alone for Almighty God much have been vexing. To live among us, then to take on that burden, becoming our sin, is all the more awe-inspiring!

Not only does Christ's amazing sacrifice cleanse us from sin, but it drives and motivates us to live for him. As Ralph Venning talks about sin, rather than feeling tormented by its description, in light of Christ's finished work it becomes a commission and motivation to strive to live more like him and to be a light to those seeking for their own salvation and freedom from sin.

This is definitely one of those books that I will be reading again. Venning draws a deep line in the sand, challenging us to live in such a way as to draw us to the heart of God, in spite of what the world may say to the contrary, all for the sake of the glory of God.

Great purchase and shipping etc. The book is awesome! I remember its principles each day!