Antinomianism is natural
to the human heart
It has been often raised as an objection to
the full proclamation of the grace of God that it tends to
make men think that the escape from sin is very easy, and,
consequently, to cause them to imagine that sin itself is a
less deadly thing than it really is. Now, I will not deny
that Antinomianism is natural to the human heart, and that,
as there have been, in the past, men who have turned the
grace of God into licentiousness, so there will be, in the
future, men who will make even out of God’s mercy an
argument in favor of their sin. Those who act thus are among
the very worst of sinners, “whose damnation is just,” as
Paul wrote concerning those who said, “Let us do evil, that
good may come.” I have read that a spider will extract
poison from, the flower from which the bee extracts honey;
so, surely, from; that very truth from which a renewed heart
extracts reasons for holiness, unregenerate men have been
known to extract excuses for sin. If they do so, I can only
say that they are“without excuse.” Some have actually caused
the precious blood of Jesus Christ himself to be to them a
savor of death unto death by using the doctrine of the
atonement as an excuse for their transgressions. If they do
so, however, it certainly is not the fault of the truth, nor
the fault of the infinite wisdom and prudence of God, for he
has, in many remarkable ways, taken care to put safeguards
round about his free mercy.
Charles H.Spurgeon - "David's sin with
Bathsheba", 2 Sam. 12
