The Maxim By John The Apostil
“If we claim to be without sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not with us.”-John 1:8 The maxim written by John the Apostil goes into great depth on the horrors of self-deception, which I will now speak about. This wonderfully descriptive and accurate quote is worded beautifully and is quite clear in meaning. This saying teaches us that if we assert to be without evil we beguile ourselves and integrity is not with us. If a test comes up and you want to frolic with your friends outside instead of studiously preparing, you may trick yourself into believing that you studied enough. But the result of that stupid action is failing the test if you were not truly ready. If instead this boy had not filled himself with lies and had studied hard, he would accomplish the exam with ease. This happened because the boy heeded the truth; do not fool yourself into imagining that you are perfect, for then the truth has deserted you. Once there was a construction site. All the workers were ordered to remove the boulders so the machines could work. The men teamed up to get the rocks out, except for one man. He was so proud and conceited that he told his fellow men that he could move a
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When David saw Bathsheba, he fell in love. He found out that her husband was a man named Uriah. He quickly sent Uriah into the thick of the battle going on at the time. Uriah was killed and David took Bathsheba as his wife. Nathan the prophet went to David and rebuked him with a story of a poor man and a ewe lamb. A rich man had taken the ewe lamb to serve to a guest instead of using his own flocks for the feast. Nathan told David that he was the rich man and Bathsheba the ewe lamb. David then admitted his sins and repented. When David was rebuked, he became humble. But, it would have pleased God more if David had realized his evil-doing by himself and been sorry and asked for forgiveness without having to be
When David saw Bathsheba, he fell in love. He found out that her husband was a man named Uriah. He quickly sent Uriah into the thick of the battle going on at the time. Uriah was killed and David took Bathsheba as his wife. Nathan the prophet went to David and rebuked him with a story of a poor man and a ewe lamb. A rich man had taken the ewe lamb to serve to a guest instead of using his own flocks for the feast. Nathan told David that he was the rich man and Bathsheba the ewe lamb. David then admitted his sins and repented. When David was rebuked, he became humble. But, it would have pleased God more if David had realized his evil-doing by himself and been sorry and asked for forgiveness without having to be