There Is Not A Just Man On Earth

There Is Not A Just Man On Earth

For there is not a just man on earth who does good And does not sin. Ecclesiastes 7:20 NKJV

Note,

[1.] It is the character of just men that they do good; for the tree is known by its fruits.

[2.] The best men, and those that do most good, yet cannot say that they are perfectly free from sin; even those that are sanctified are not sinless. None that live on this side of heaven live without sin. If we say, We have not sinned, we deceive ourselves.

[3.] We sin even in our doing good; there is something defective, nay, something offensive, in our best performances. That which, for the substance of it, is good, and pleasing to God, is not so well done as it should be, and omissions in duty are sins, as well as omissions of duty.

[4.] It is only just men upon earth that are subject thus to sin and infirmity; the spirits of just men, when they have got clear of the body, are made perfect in holiness (Heb. 12:23), and in heaven they do good and sin not. - Matthew Henry

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