ACC ~ 1 John 1 v8

ENLIGHTENED BY GOD. DIDYMUS THE BLIND: Since God is light, there is no darkness in him at all, and he has nothing to do with darkness. The person who is enlightened by his light walks in the light, according to the words of the Savior himself: “While you have the light, walk in the light, lest the darkness take hold of you.” Anyone who walks in the darkness of sin but claims that his mind is not darkened and that he has a relationship with God is lying. COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN.

PRIDEFUL PRESUMPTION. LEO THE GREAT: It is pride to presume that it is easy not to sin, since the presumption itself is sin. SERMONS 41.1.

THE WORST KIND OF SIN. CAESARIUS OF ARLES: Let no one deceive you, brothers. Not to know your sin is the worst kind of sin. SERMONS 144.4.

DECEIVING YOURSELF. HILARY OF ARLES: If you say that you are not a sinner but act otherwise, you are deceiving yourself. INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 JOHN.

CRUCIFYING CHRIST. ANDREAS: This is how John describes the Jews who dared to say: “Let his blood be upon us and upon our children,” as if they could crucify Christ without being sinners. If we say such things, we deceive ourselves. CATENA.

CLEANSING IN CHRIST. BEDE: This verse refutes the teachings of the Pelagians, who say that babies are born without sin and that the elect can make such progress in this life that it becomes possible for them to attain perfection. We cannot live in the world without guilt, since we brought it with us when we came into the world. As David said: “I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.”But the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin, so that our guilt does not keep us in the power of the enemy, because the man Jesus Christ, the Mediator between God and man, has freely paid the price on our behalf, even though he did not owe anything himself. He surrendered himself to the death of the flesh, which he did not deserve, in order to deliver us from the richly deserved death of our souls. ON 1 JOHN.

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