Thou liest, sir; against thyself thou liest; thou liest presumptuously in so doing. But there be some sins which have in them a greater development of the essential mischief of rebellion, and which wear upon their faces more of the brazen pride which defies the Most High. I thought when I was describing presumptuous sin that I saw here and there an eye that was suffused with tears; I thought I saw here and there a head that was bowed down, as much as to say, I am guilty there. I thought there were some hearts that palpitated with confession, when I described the guilt of presumption. A presumptuous sin also is one that is committed through a hardihood of fancied strength of mind. The very moment you were tempted, conscience said, It is wrong, it is wrongit shouted murder in your heart, and told you the deed you were about to commit was abominable in the sight of the Lord. C.H. Though we have not the freedom of beating our slaves to death, or of shooting them if they choose to disobeythough we have not the freedom of hunting men, or the freedom of sucking another mans blood out of him to make us richthough we have not the freedom of being worse than devils, which slave-catchers and many slave-holders most certainly arewe have liberty greater than that, liberty against the tyrant mob, as well as against the tyrant king. You, young man, were once tempted (and perhaps it was but yesterday) to commit a certain act. Since they did not know what to do with him, Moses asked God directly. You turn round and say to some young man, "I could not advise you to frequent the Casinoit would be your ruin." If it was I am glad of it. Can You Share the Gospel with Sexual Sinners without Sounding like a Bigot? Yet, the sin of ignorance, whether committed by the whole congregation (v.24-26) of by an individual (v.27-29), was easily forgiven after bringing the proper offerings. A sin of ignorance is not presumptuous, unless that ignorance also be willful, in which case the ignorance itself is a presumptuous sin. Presumptuous Sins and Sins of Ignorance W. Binnie Numbers 15:22-31 And if you have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD has spoken to Moses, Some sins are more heinous in the sight of God than others; more heinous in their own nature, or by reason of aggravating circumstances. May God forgive any of us, if we have been so far guilty! dear friends, procrastination is a presumptuous sin. O that you who have never repented might now receive the Holy Ghost who is able to melt the heart! Now the presumptuous sins of our text are just the chief of all sins: they rank head and foremost in the list of iniquities. Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins. The fact is, that while all transgression is a greatly grievous sinful thing, yet there are some transgressions which have a deeper shade of blackness, and a more double scarlet-dyed hue of criminality than others. O! But when a man sins for want of knowing betterfor want of knowing the law, for want of instruction, reproof . Why, I bid thee remember that there was a man who was a God. "Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins. No, God is my witness. Did the man after Gods own heart need to cry, Keep back thy servant? Yes, he did. The putting off a thing which should be done to-day, because you hope to live to-morrow, is a presumption. O sinner, thou canst never perish, if thou wilt cast thyself at the foot of the cross. He said to the policeman outside, "Now, I care neither for you nor the law; I intend to go in there, just to see what you can do with me." So you, if you had not known better; if your conscience had been less enlightened, you might have committed the deed with far less of the criminality which now attaches to you, because you sinned against conscience, and consequently sinned presumptuously. When a man shall trespass on my ground, he shall be a trespasser though he have no warning, but if straight before his face there stands a warning, and if he knowingly and willingly trespasses, then he is guilty of a presumptuous trespass, and is to be so far punished accordingly. Then I will be upright. How many an infidel has done the samenot because he had any pleasure in the thing itself, but because out of the wickedness of his heart he would spit at God, if it were possible, having a design to let men know that though the sin itself was cheap enough, he was determined to do something which would be like spitting in the face of his Maker, and despising God who created him! You are saying, In a little time I will solemnly and seriously think of religion, In a few years, when I am a little more settled in life, I intend to turn over a new leaf, and think about the matters of godliness. Sir, you are presumptuous. Again: I said that a presumptuous sin must be a matter of design, and have been committed with the intention of sin. Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins.. You have sinned very grievously in having done so. At last I heard it said, "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth;" and I looked to Jesus. Let me take any one of the sins; for instance, the sin against light and knowledge. How could be rejoice? It is a solemn thing to find the Apostle Paul warning saints against the most loathsome of sins. I shall this morning, first of all, endeavor to describe presumptuous sins; then, secondly, I shall try, if I can, to show by some illustrations, why the presumptuous sin is more heinous than any other; and then thirdly, I shall try to press the prayer upon your noticethe prayer, mark you, of the holy manthe prayer of David: "Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins. I would no more think of standing and gazing at any man who puts his life in a position of peril, than I would of paying a man to blow his brains out. "He is able to save to the uttermost them that come unto God by him." But when a man sins for want of knowing betterfor want of knowing the law, for want of instruction, reproof, advice, and admonition, we say that his sin, so committed, does not partake to any great extent of the nature of a presumptuous sin. "Psalm 19:13. Whosoever cometh, he says, I will in no wise cast out. He is able to save to the uttermost them that come unto God by him. May God Almighty bless you; and may we meet again in yonder Paradise; and there will we sing more sweetly of redeeming love and dying blood, and of Jesus power to save#151; When this poor lisping, stammering tongue, The Danger of Unconfessed Sin All Rights Reserved. O that you who never knew him could taste his love now. Now, every man sees that it would be just to make a distinction in the punishment, because there isconscience itself tells usa distinction in the guilt. In the other case I can suppose it would be no trouble to forgive. But to the other I can conceive him saying, "You are an infamous wretch; you have committed the same deed as the other, but from very different motives; I give you the longest term of imprisonment which the law allows me, and I can only regret that I can not treat you worse than I have done." So when you sin deliberately and knowingly, your sin against Almighty God is a higher and a blacker sin than it would have been if you had sinned ignorantly, or sinned in haste. It is doing something boldly, brazenly, audaciously, arrogantly, rebelliously, defiantly. And now I have nearly donenot to weary you by too long a discoursewe shall notice THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THIS PRAYERKeep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins., Will you just note, that this prayer was the prayer of a saint, the prayer of a holy man of God? Let me take any one of the sins: for instance, the sin against light and knowledge. of How fearful is presumption in any! ", You see, therefore, in the cases that occur between man and man, how there is an excess of guilt added to a sin by presumption. 3. You may conceive the poor man's misery. It is clearly proved, in the one case, that the man was hungry, and that he snatched the loaf of bread to satisfy his necessities. As a youth I sinned, as a child I rebelled, as a young man I wandered into lusts and vanities: my Master made me feel how great a sinner I was and I sought to reform, to mend the matter; but I grew worse. It is clearly proved, in the one case, that the man was hungry, and that he snatched the loaf of bread to satisfy his necessities. Sit down at the foot of his cross, and watch him till your heart is moved, till the tears begin to flow again, until your heart breaks within you; and then you will rise and say "Dissolved by his mercy, I fall to the ground, And weep to the praise of the mercy I found.". Remember verse 31 says that it brings despite on God's Word. Say not, I can never blaspheme God, for I have never done so in my life; take care; you may yet swear most profanely. All sins are great sins, but yet some sins are greater than others. Why, I mean this. Thou art not so. Lying in wait with craftinessthat is the element of planning or setting out with a purpose to sin. That man suffered for presumptuous sin. The OPC and Evangelicalism, Reformed Confessionalism v. The Genius Theologian, How Gods Immediate Presence Changes Everything, What is Orthodox Protestantism? Under the law there was no sacrifice for presumptuous sins. But, oh! Such was the severity of the law! There is intent to sin and a time of deliberation before the act. Says one, "I intend tomorrow to go into such-and-such a society because I believe, though it hurts other people, it does not hurt me." You turn round and say to some young man, "I could not advise you to frequent the Casino-it would be your ruin." But, my friends, even this may become worse still. sin. And, if we commit such a sin, we are doing it in defiance of what God has said. 1. What! 24 Let them not have dominion over me. I would no more think of standing and gazing at any man who puts his life in a position of peril, than I would of paying a man to blow his brains out. 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