Emphasis Preaching Journal
Hear again the words, If...
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Hear again the words, "If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves" (v. 8). I recall a ministerial student at seminary who insisted that he never sinned and that sin had no power over him. Obviously, the rest of us disagreed with him. To come to terms with sin is in a sense good news, because when we realize that sin is a reality we are ready to accept a need for a Savior from sin. We are ready for the Good News. If we doubt the reality of sin, we have only to mention Hitler, Stalin, the Mafia, and those who shot the unarmed students in China in 1989.
-- Richardson
-- Richardson