I John

1: 1. Voice — presence — touch of Christ.

7. Forgetfulness is not the cure for sin. Time can

not heal our iniquity. Gen. 42: 21. You can find no means of touching your whole past life; but God can. “The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.”

1: 9. Full confession brings conviction from an earthly judge, but secures pardon from God. Yo are forgiven on account of God’s justice, not merely mercy, because Jesus paid the price.

Unconfessed sin in the soul is like a bullet in the body.

It is better to be saved by divine mercy than sued by divine justice.

2: 1. A saint is not free from sin — that is his burden; but he is not free to sin — that is hi.s blessing. Sin is in him, but his soul is not in sin. A field of wheat may be good, and yet have weeds in it.

15. A true Christian loves not the world, yet he loves

all the world.

‘; The things that are in the world,” are like shadows in a pool. The higher the object, the lower the shadow. So things that are highest in this world’s estimation are lowest in heaven (gold is valued highly here, but they pave the streets with it in heaven, Rev. 21:21); and the things that are lowest in this world’s estimation are highest there (service is ignoble here, but in heaven they spend their time in service. Ilev. 22:3).

Study to fill your mind, rather than your coffers, knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.

16. Millions have died of the wound of the eye.

2: 17. The world is like a floating island, and as sure as we anchor to it, we shall be carried away by it. “Know,” in chapter 3: —

V. 2. “We know that when He shall appear, we

shall be like Him.” V. 5.” Ye know that He was manifested to take

away our sins.” V. 14. We know that we have passed from death

unto life.” V. 15. “Ye know that no murderer hath eternal

life abiding in him.”

V. 19. “We know that we are of the truth.” V. 24. “We know that He abideth in us.”

3: 3. Hope is too pure a plant to grow or flourish in an impure soul.

4. “Sin is the transgression of the law.” Crossing the death-line: that is transgression.

5: 5. Unbroken fellowship means uninterrupted success.

14. Promise — prayer — performance — are three links

in the chain of blessing. If the middle link is missing, we have no right to expect the third.

15. It is a serious thing to pray! We may be taken at

our word.