1 John 1:8

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 John 1:5-10

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES1 John 1:5.—The first part of the epistle begins here. It is directed against the Gnostic teaching, that to a man of enlightenment all conduct is morally indifferent. In every age there have been those who claimed an interest in Christ while living in sin. St. John does not address sinners generally, but distinctly those who made Christian profession, but fell short of it through misapprehensions and self-delusions. God is light.—This is not merely the absolute fact... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 1:8

1 John 1:8 I. The Apostle declares that the imagination of our sinlessness is an inward lie. The particular causes of this delusion will vary with every variety of individual character. Every temptation that occupies, and by occupying excludes all other occupants, may claim its share in the perpetuation of this melancholy illusion. The whole host of Satan are engaged to drug this opiate. All their enchantments are accessory to this, and result in this. It would be vain, therefore, to think of... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 1:8-9

1 John 1:8-9 Divine Justice and Pardon Reconciled. There are two extreme tendencies in human sentiment respecting God from which a devout and thoughtful heart shrinks with equal repugnance: a religion which begins with fear and a religion which ends without it. On the one hand is the passionate faith of remorse, which throws the shade of its own despair upon the universe of God, lies prostrate in the dark cell of alienation, and declares that if no mediator interpose, there is no hope or... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 1 John 1:8-10

1 John 1:8-10 I. "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." It is not deliberate falseness that we are here warned against, but a far more subtle form of falsehood, and one more apt easily to beset us as believers even when most seriously and earnestly bent on "walking in the light, as God is in the light." I am not conscious of anything very far amiss in my spiritual experience or in my practical behaviour. I begin to "say that I have no sin," but I... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 1 John 1:8-9

DISCOURSE: 2432CONFESSION NECESSARY TO FORGIVENESS1 John 1:8-9. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us: if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.THESE words are rendered familiar to our ears by being read almost continually as introductory to the service of our Church. On this account they may appear perhaps the less interesting; though in reality they are, from that very... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - 1 John 1:8-10

Honest Dealing with God A Sermon (No. 1241) Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, June 20th, 1875, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us." 1 John 1:8-10 . GOD IS LIGHT, and in him is no darkness at... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 John 1:1-10

Shall we turn to 1 John.Why did John write this epistle? In chapter one, verse four, he tells us, "These things write we unto that your joy may full." So that you might have the fullness of joy. Do you know that God wants your life to be filled with joy? Peter says that, "Though we haven't seen Jesus, still we love Him. And even though we haven't seen Him yet, yet we rejoice with joy unspeakable or indescribable and full of glory" ( 1 Peter 1:8 ). Jesus talked to His disciples about this... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 John 1:1-10

1 John 1:1 . That which was from the beginning. We have before observed that the neuter gender is often preferred by the Greeks, and with great propriety, when speaking of the Divinity. L’ETRE Suprême, pere de tout ce qui existe, sera du genre masculin, cependent comme cette idée est relative à celle de feminin, et qu’en Dieu il n’ y a nul raport pareil, quelque peuples feront la Divinite du genre qui n’ annonce ni masculin, ni feminin, afin d’en donner une idée plus sublime. Gram, univ.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 John 1:5-10

1 John 1:5-10This then is the message … that God is light The clergy God’s messengersAll rightly ordained ministers of Christ are God’s messengers.Our office is not merely of man’s appointment; we hold it from the Lord. We are sent to remind you of God’s will, to be His witnesses unto you (Hebrews 2:1-4). Consider, then, the message which we bring unto you, whence it comes, and upon what authority. “I have a message from God unto thee.” That message began to be preached by the Lord Himself, by... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 John 1:8-10

1 John 1:8-10If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves Assumptions of sinlessnessThis is a strong and clear statement, the utterance of an apostle who speaks out of the fulness of a long and ripe Christian experience, not simply in his own name, but as the organ or representative of the whole Church.Let us consider its bearing:--I. On our conceptions of truth. Truth is a wide word, but I use it here in St. John’s sense as equivalent to the truth of the gospel--the truth which... read more

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