John 3:19 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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John 3:19

God's Condemnation of Men.

Note:

I. The principles of Divine condemnation. If we accept these words in honest simplicity we must believe that it is not for being dark, but for being content to be dark that God condemns man.

II. Pass on now to the rise of sin into conscious deeds. (1) Every act of sin darkens the light of conscience. (2) Every step decreases the power of resistance.

III. Glance at the manifestation of this principle in the coming of Christ. When the Light came, every man, who rejected Him, proved his contentment in sin.

E. L. Hull, Sermons,1st series, p. 303.

References: John 3:19. Homilist,new series, vol. iii., p. 348. John 3:19-24. Homiletic Magazine,vol. xii., pp. 162, 167.

John 3:19

19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.