Jeremiah 13:23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. I. THE POWER OF SIN, AS INHERENT IN OUR NATURE. 1. It pervades all our faculties, whether of mind or body. 2. It finds in us nothing to counteract its influence. 3. It receives aid from everything around us. 4. It conceals its influence under specious names. Amusement, conviviality, good breeding, etc. II. ITS POWER, AS CONFIRMED AND AUGMENTED BY EVIL HABIT. 1. Its odiousness is diminished. 2. Its power is strengthened. 3. Its opportunities for exercise are multiplied. 4. The powers whereby it should be resisted are destroyed. 5. Everything good is by it put at an unapproachable distance. (C. Simeon, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. |
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