Susanna Wesley defined...
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Susanna Wesley defined for her son, who would become the founder of Methodism, the meaning of sin.
She said, "If you would judge the lawfulness or unlawfulness of pleasure, then take this simple rule: Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, and takes off the relish of spiritual things -- that to you is sin."
In order to know what is righteous and to act righteously, we must also have an equal understanding of sin.
She said, "If you would judge the lawfulness or unlawfulness of pleasure, then take this simple rule: Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, and takes off the relish of spiritual things -- that to you is sin."
In order to know what is righteous and to act righteously, we must also have an equal understanding of sin.
