Omitted Secret Besetting Sins

Tonight we continue studying the second part of the sixth petition of the Lord’s Prayer guided by Thomas Watson with His first three uses of previous studies: Take heed of sins of omission, secret sins, and besetting (pet) sins. The most attention was given to “besetting sins” warning that they are [1] most cherished as the master of all other sins and most tended and waited upon; [2] the darling sins one loves not to be reproved for; [3] those sins which have most power over a man, and most easily lead him captive as the beloved of his soul; [4] the darling sins which men use arguments to defend; [5] Those beloved sins which most trouble a man, and fly in his face in an hour of sickness and distress; [6] Those darling sins which a man is most unwilling to part with. Many excerpts were shared near the end related to “besetting sins” from Dr. Derek Thomas’s chapter, “The World, the Flesh, and the Devil,” from Our Ancient Foe: Satan’s History, Activity, and Ultimate Demise published by the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals and P&R Publishing.