It is said that Martin Luther, during a serious illness, seemed to see Satan coming to him with a great scroll. On it were written all the sins and errors of his life. Looking at him with a triumphant smile, Satan unrolled the scroll before the saint and said: "These are your sins. There is no hope of your going to heaven."
Luther read the long list with growing consternation, when suddenly it flashed upon his mind that there was one thing not written there. He said aloud: "One thing you have forgotten. The rest is all true. Write: `The blood of Jesus Christ His [God's] Son, cleanseth us from all sin.' " 1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7).