But God, I’m Only Eighteen: John

Men choose the darkness and their condemnation lies in that very fact…. They refuse to be shaken out of their comfortable sinfulness.

As we saw in 3: Have you ever been in the presence of a very godly man, so that his very presence made you uncomfortable? Sproul The Holiness of God [Tyndale], pp. He had played with Nicklaus before, but he was in awe of playing with President Ford and Billy Graham. His friend followed the angry pro and watched him take out his driver and beat ball after ball in fury.

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The friend said nothing, but just sat on a bench and watched. After a few minutes, the pro had calmed down. I just had a bad round. How much more would we all have felt condemned to be in the presence of Jesus Christ! Have you had that experience with Jesus Christ? First, John presents the negative reaction:. First, sin is far deeper than outward deeds; sin is a matter of our affections or desires. Loved indicates that this was not a cool, rational decision: We love darkness rather than light. This leads to a second significant truth about sin: Our sin problem is far deeper than we ever imagined.

The Bible does not teach that we are basically good people who need to overcome a few flaws in our character. All of these approaches to sin are too superficial from a biblical standpoint. This phrase also shows us a third truth about sin: The reason that people reject Christ is not primarily intellectual, but moral. Unbelievers do not love darkness rather than light because they have thought it through carefully and concluded that darkness makes more sense. No, unbelievers love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil.

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The light exposes their evil deeds and convicts them of their true moral guilt before the holy God. But, frankly, they like sinning! Aldous Huxley, the famous atheist of the last century, once admitted that his rejection of Christianity stemmed from his desire to sin. He wrote Ends and Means [Garland Publishers], pp. I had motives for not wanting the world to have a meaning; consequently assumed that it had not; and was able without any difficulty to find satisfying reasons for this assumption.

The philosopher who finds no meaning for this world is not concerned exclusively with the problem of pure metaphysics; he is also concerned to prove that there is no valid reason why he personally should not do as he wants to…. For myself … the philosophy of meaninglessness was essentially an instrument of liberation, sexual and political.

His main problem is that he loves his sin and he stands guilty before the holy Judge of the universe. But I am saying that they are usually not the real issue. This phrase shows us a fourth truth about sin: But most people are not evil. Just look at all the good people in this world!

The Bible acknowledges that there are unbelievers who are relatively good people. The human race would have self-destructed millennia ago if everyone acted as badly as they could. God restrains outward evil through civil government, through social disapproval, and through the fear of shame and the desire to look good to others. But God looks on the heart. But the situation of loving darkness rather than light is far worse than just loving sin:. They hate the One who out of love offered Himself on the cross so that every sinner might not perish but have eternal life simply by believing in Him!

They hate Him because He exposes their evil deeds. A teacher assigned his fourth-grade students to write a topic sentence for the following phrases: Sam is polite to the teacher. Sam always does his homework. We need to understand several things about this verse. First, John does not mean that all sinners do their evil deeds in secret. Many do, of course. Many otherwise respectable men would never frequent a strip club in their own city, for fear of being seen. But in our day, when people call good evil and evil good Isa.

Movie stars and other celebrities go on television to tell about their immoral behavior. John is merely pointing out that such sinners do not come to the Light Jesus because they know that He would condemn their behavior as evil. Second, John does not say that those who practice evil are neutral toward Jesus ; r ather, they hate Him. Many unbelievers would object. They think that Jesus was a good man.

Some may think that He was a prophet. They may say that He was a good moral teacher. They might even feel bad that He got crucified for His teachings and beliefs. They recognize that that was a miscarriage of justice. But they would protest if you said that they hate Jesus.

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But John says that they hate Jesus. New Heart English Bible He who believes in him is not judged. He who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. But those who don't believe are already condemned because they don't believe in God's only Son.

Jubilee Bible He that believes on him is not condemned, but he that does not believe is condemned already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. King James Bible He that believes on him is not condemned: American King James Version He that believes on him is not condemned: American Standard Version He that believeth on him is not judged: Douay-Rheims Bible He that believeth in him is not judged. But he that doth not believe, is already judged: Darby Bible Translation He that believes on him is not judged: English Revised Version He that believeth on him is not judged: Webster's Bible Translation He that believeth on him, is not condemned: Weymouth New Testament He who trusts in Him does not come up for judgement.

He who does not trust has already received sentence, because he has not his trust resting on the name of God's only Son.

World English Bible He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn't believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.

Young's Literal Translation he who is believing in him is not judged, but he who is not believing hath been judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life. God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.