CHARLES SPURGEON on SPIRITUAL LIBERTY (Sermon Jam)

"Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
2 Corinthians 3:17
"Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty" from the BONDAGE OF
SIN.
Liberty from THE PENALTY OF SIN.
What is it? Eternal death-torment forever-that is the sad penalty of sin. It is no sweet thing to fear
that if I died now I might be in hell. It is no pleasant thought for me to stand here and believe that if I
dropped down I must sink into the arms of Satan and have him for my tormentor. Why, sirs, it is a
thought that would plague me. It is a thought that would be the bitterest curse of my existence. I would
fain be dead and rotting in the tomb rather than walk the earth with the thought that I might suffer such a
penalty as this.
There is LIBERTY FROM THE GUILT OF SIN.
This is the wonder of wonders. The Christian is positively not guilty any longer the moment he
believes. Now, if Her Majesty in her goodness spares a murderer by giving him a free pardon, that man
cannot be punished, but still he will be a guilty man. She may give him a thousand pardons, and the law
cannot touch him, but still he will be guilty. The crime will always be on his head, and he will be
branded as a murderer as long as he lives.
But the Christian is not only delivered from the bondage and from the punishment, but he is
positively absolved from the guilt. Now this is something at which you will stand amazed. You say,
"What? Is a Christian no more a sinner in God's sight?" I answer, he is a sinner as considered in himself,
but in the person of Christ he is no more a sinner than the angel Gabriel-for snowy as angelic wings,
and spotless as are cherubic robes, an angel cannot be more pure than the poor blood-washed sinner
when he is made whiter than snow.