It is not a comfortable subject to talk about, but it is essential that we understand sin.

How sin works, what it does to us, and how the gospel heals us from its damage.

In his first message at the 2015 pastor's conference, John Piper offered a brief survey

of sin from the book of Romans, and we jump into that message in the following clip

as John Piper addresses Romans chapter 1, verse 18.

Here's what he said.

Verse 18, the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness

of men who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

So here mankind in general is described as ungodly and unrighteous.

John 1 John 5, 17 says, all unrighteousness is sin.

So we know what we're dealing with here, to all unrighteousness and ungodliness of

men who, what's the first thing they do, they suppress the truth.

Our ungodliness and unrighteousness inclines us to suppress truth.

We repel the light, we run into darkness.

Jesus said in John 3 that we are guilty sinners, not because we're victims of darkness, but

lovers of darkness.

John 3, 19, light has come into the world and people love darkness rather than light.

So right off the bat, I'm getting the feeling, okay, deep down in me, issues are love issues.

I love the dark, I can suppress the truth so much more easily in the dark.

And that's what sin does, it suppresses truth.

What truth does it specialize in suppressing?

It's 19 because what can be known about God is plain to them because God has shown it

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