I read a very familiar passage today, one that most Christians have memorized. Today however God gave me one of the jolts. The passage is 1 John 1:8-10. Most of us have memorized 1 John 1:9. It is one of those great promises that as children of God (we who have entered into this loving relationship through God's Son Jesus Christ) we hold on to: "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."
What an awesome God we serve. What an extension of grace He continuously offers to us and what a great exchange He extends. God says confess your sins, and I will forgive and I will purify because I am faithful. God's love and grace is all wrapped up in who He is. But why is it then that so many times for so many of us, we would rather do the work of trying to conceal our sin, justify our sin or bette
r yet act as if we have no sin. I know that at different times in my own life I have fallen victim to these things. David said in Psalm 32 that "When I kept silent, my bones wasted away ...my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer." It may seem natural in the flesh to conceal our sin, minimize it or justify it, but there are always huge ramifications when we do that. In 1 John 1 verse 8 it states that "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us."
"Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed are those whose sin the Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit."
What good is quoting 1 John 1:9 if we don't live it out daily? At the point of confession and agreement with God is the place of power. What sin or sins are you working hard to keep concealed? What sin is it that you are still minimizing or justifying? What sin is it that you have not confessed and repented of yet? The first word in 1 John 1:9 is "IF"...If we confess. I pray for myself that I would daily answer and respond to the if and walk in the promise that God has made to me. Whatever sin is still out there lingering or limbo for you, my prayer is that you would experience the faithfulness of God today and you in turn could say as David did "Then I acknowledged my sin and did not cover up my iniquity. I said I will confess my transgressions to the Lord. And you forgave the guilt of my sin." Just another rambling. God Bless!
What an awesome God we serve. What an extension of grace He continuously offers to us and what a great exchange He extends. God says confess your sins, and I will forgive and I will purify because I am faithful. God's love and grace is all wrapped up in who He is. But why is it then that so many times for so many of us, we would rather do the work of trying to conceal our sin, justify our sin or bette
r yet act as if we have no sin. I know that at different times in my own life I have fallen victim to these things. David said in Psalm 32 that "When I kept silent, my bones wasted away ...my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer." It may seem natural in the flesh to conceal our sin, minimize it or justify it, but there are always huge ramifications when we do that. In 1 John 1 verse 8 it states that "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us." "Blessed are those whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed are those whose sin the Lord does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit."
What good is quoting 1 John 1:9 if we don't live it out daily? At the point of confession and agreement with God is the place of power. What sin or sins are you working hard to keep concealed? What sin is it that you are still minimizing or justifying? What sin is it that you have not confessed and repented of yet? The first word in 1 John 1:9 is "IF"...If we confess. I pray for myself that I would daily answer and respond to the if and walk in the promise that God has made to me. Whatever sin is still out there lingering or limbo for you, my prayer is that you would experience the faithfulness of God today and you in turn could say as David did "Then I acknowledged my sin and did not cover up my iniquity. I said I will confess my transgressions to the Lord. And you forgave the guilt of my sin." Just another rambling. God Bless!
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