Christian Men, if you've never read Doug Wilson's book, Fidelity - What it means to be a one-woman man, it's got to be on your 'to read' list this year. It's as straight-shooting a book as you'll find on sins that have sunk many a friend. His chapters on fornication, adultery and divorce will sober you up - and quick. Also, his last chapter is a Q & A with biblical answers to a lot of practical questions.

If you love your wife and kids - and, you believe in the concept of insurance - you probably would appreciate a book like this. Just be forewarned - it's direct and doesn't make man-made arguments around biblical absolutes. It's exactly what we need.

Well-tucked deep in a chapter on adultery, Wilson has a very encouraging paragraph on the importance of having a proper understanding on Justification. It follows a paragraph on what brings us to sin and why we must have a new heart:

The solution is regeneration. We must get the doctrine of regeneration straight in our minds. A tremendous amount of mischief has resulted from confusion at this point. We are not born again because we have repented and believed. Rather, we have repented and believed because God has given us the new birth. If the old heart is capable of repentance and belief, then a man does not need a new heart. He simply needs to continue to improve the old one.

What does God promise the prophet?

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you , and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. (Ezek. 26:26-27).

If you are repenting of your sin and believe the gospel - take heart: It is God who has brought this about in your life. And the same God who started this good work will be faithful to complete it!

Wilson goes on to write:

Who will do this? God is the only one who can, and that is something He promises to do for His people.

Jesus calls His followers to a genuine submission to the law of God. If we cannot, then we must cry out for a new heart. If we are believers who have drifted into compromise, then we must confess our sin to Him. He is faithful and just to forgive. Our new hearts enable us to look to Him for all our righteousness. True purity is found only there.

Now that's good news!

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