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You know that he
appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.
THE STUDY:
The verb “away” (airÅ) is used in the Fourth Gospel with
the sense of a change of location (John 2:16; 11:39, 41; 19:31, 38; 20:1, 13).
Sins are taken away by the atoning work of “the Lamb of God” (John 1:29) whose
death was a representative bearing away of sin. But the term may imply more
than simply to “take away”. It can
also suggest removal in the sense of destruction. The Jews in John 19:15 call
for the death, by execution, of Jesus, “Take
him away [aron]! Crucify him!” (see Luke 23:18). These
usages suggest not just a new residence for sin, but its eventual removal by
defeat/destruction.
John is not presenting Christ as
having come simply to counterbalance sin in the human heart, that is, to hold
down evil so as to give holiness a chance
at succeeding in the believer. Christ came to complete a decisive victory over
sin.[1]
WHAT WE CAN WALK
AWAY WITH ….
- We can walk away, today, with the understanding, as one of the great hymn writers penned down, Jesus “PAID IT ALL.”. The Victory is ours to obtain if we simply accept, acknowledge, and believe in the one who paid it all. In this victory we can stand in the midst of sin and walk away from it, rebuke it, or both.
CONCLUSION:
I
recall, as a kid, an old TV show called “The Flip Wilson Show.” One of the
famous quotes from that show was, “The devil made me do it.” I have used this
quote many times in sermons as an example of our society today. Everyone wants
to blame someone else for their sins but the bottom line is we can only blame
ourselves. We can’t even blame the devil!
We can do
something about it though. We can repent, accept, and start living in the
victory Christ has provided for us. Let Jesus “take away” your sins today and
start living in the power of Christ!
Blessings my friends
Pastor Rod
[1] Williamson, R. (2010). 1, 2, & 3 John: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition. New Beacon Bible Commentary (115). Kansas City, MO: Beacon Hill Press.
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