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Charles Spurgeon on Wages and Gift - Traditional (Romans 6:23)

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"Two words tell the whole story: wages and gift. Sin pays wages—death, earned and deserved. God gives a gift—life, unearned and undeserved. You get what you work for from sin; you get what you don't deserve from God. This is the gospel in a sentence." — Charles Spurgeon. Traditional: wages and gift.

Topics & Themes

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Scripture References

Romans 6:23

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