Hi John,
I was reading in 1John this morning, and when I came across 1Jn. 3:4, the Lord gave me a clearer understanding of what this verse is really saying. “Whoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law, for sin is the transgression of the law.” As I read this, the following verse immediately came to mind: “…I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts.”
Whenever I had read 1Jn. 3:4 in the past, I had always thought of it as transgression of the Old Testament law of Moses, but it’s much more than that! It’s simple: If you knowingly go against what the Spirit is saying to you in your heart to do, you have “transgressed the law”, and therefore have sinned. You don’t have to wonder what sin is, and you don’t even have to go look it up to find out!
In my heart I knew that this was true, but without the Spirit showing you what something really means, it would be easy to get in the flesh and read a verse like this and say to yourself, “well, I can’t find anything written specifically in the Bible about doing such-and-such, so it must be ok.”
Seems like a small thing I suppose, but little bits & pieces of understanding like this are wonderful to me! And just thought I would share. 🙂
Vince
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“Here a little, there a little; line upon line; line upon line; precept upon precept.” It is a beautiful thing to watch people like you grow in the knowledge if God, Vince. Thanks for sending this.
jdc