Confession=Forgiven=Believe
12:00 PM
Confession=Forgiven=Believe
I John 1:1
Friday September 27th
Do we truly believe that our sins are
forgiven? There is a saying going around
that one has to forgive themselves. I
have to tell you that I have not found that anywhere in God’s Word.
Read I John 1
What I have found is:
We
proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and
seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is
the Word of life. This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have
seen him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is
eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was revealed to us. We
proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may
have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his
Son, Jesus Christ. We are writing these things so that you may fully share our
joy. I John 1:1-3
1- We proclaim to you
the one who existed from the beginning,
In the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with God, and the Word was God. He
was in the beginning with God. All
things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being
that has come into being. In
Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. The
Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. John
1:1-4
2-
what we have heard,
Acts
10:20 Peter and John were being
arrested for teaching the people and proclaiming In Jesus the resurrection from
the dead. After they were commanded to
not to speak or teach in the name of Jesus their
answer was we cannot stop speaking what we have seen and heard.
3-what we have seen with our eyes,
II Peter1:6
For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you
the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty.
4-what we have looked at and touched with
our hands, concerning the Word of Life—
And the Word became flesh, and dwelt
among us, and we
saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and
truth. John 1:14
See
My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself;
touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see
that I have.” Luke 24:39
and
the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the
eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us— what we have
seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship
with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus
Christ. These things we write, so that our joy may
be made complete.
The
followers of Jesus while on this earth truly saw, heard and touched Him. He is real!
And they could not stop talking
about Him to everyone they met. Their
focus was not on their circumstances and what they were going through, but,
their focus was on sharing the good news of Jesus Christ to all. What joy to be
in fellowship with one another sharing the good news of Jesus Christ!
This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.
If we
[freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and
just (true to His own nature and promises) and will forgive our sins [dismiss
our lawlessness] and [continuously] cleanse us from all unrighteousness
[everything not in conformity to His will in purpose, thought, and action]- I
John 1:9
God is the
only One who can forgive us our sins. We
cannot forgive ourselves. We must
believe that when we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive
us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness!
For the grace of God has been revealed,
bringing salvation to all people. And we are instructed to turn from godless living and sinful pleasures. We should live in this evil world with wisdom,
righteousness, and devotion to God, while we look forward with hope to that
wonderful day when the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be
revealed. He
gave his life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us
his very own people, totally committed to doing good deeds.
You must teach these things and encourage the believers to do them. You have the authority to correct them when necessary, so don’t let anyone disregard what you say. -Titus 2:11-15
You must teach these things and encourage the believers to do them. You have the authority to correct them when necessary, so don’t let anyone disregard what you say. -Titus 2:11-15
It is only
through God’s grace and mercy and through the blood of Jesus Christ that we are
forgiven and saved. Not anything that we
can do on our own.
When I confess my sins before the Lord I ask
Him to show me everything that I am holding onto that I should not be holding
on to. I want to get it all out before
Him so that I can let it all go before Him.
Then I am free to go on, knowing I have released it all to Him.
What
freedom, what Joy when we acknowledge and confess our sins. I encourage you today keep short accounts
with the Lord. Be quick to ask Him for
forgiveness and then believe that He has forgiven you.
O Lord that
my roots would grow down into You and that I would draw up my nourishment from
You. That I would grow strong in my
faith, in the truths that I have been taught and that my life with overflow
with thanksgiving for all that you have done. [Col. 2:7]
In Jesus
name, Amen
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