Sermon review - part 2

Reviewing what I wrote about the first sermon, it barely resembles the actual sermon. Just a FYI. Any complaints should come this way.

RC spoke of the guilt (of sin) that we all have. He gave the example of his hiring. Before he came on to the staff the bishop called LH and asked to have an appointment to speak to the new priest. When LH told him about he asked with some worry, "What did you do wrong?" RC's answer was (or should have been) "How long do you have?" RC gave some trivial but funny examples. Then he commented "I have done much worse but LH will not let me tell you about those." {I talked to his wife later and her opinion was that he is not so bad.}

But we all are bad. Some of us are worse than other. But all of are bad. And we feel the sense of guilt even when we are not conscious of a specific sin. {I am reminded of the anecdote from Alpha. Arthur Conan Doyle, a great prankster, once sent cables to twelve prominent London men. The cable stated, "All is discovered. Flee at once!" Very soon all twelve men had left London.} We all felt that nagging guilt for evil done and evil contemplated. And we know others are capable of similar evil.

He concluded with a presentation of the gospel: Yet that is what Jesus came for. That is why he died, taking on our sin, past, present, and future. In him we are righteous and spotless.