Bible Verse of The Day – 10-7-19

1 John 1:8-9 (NKJV) 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

As believers, it’s sometimes hard for us to admit our faults, our shortcomings, our sins.

We like to think we have it all together and have a good handle on our behavior every minute of every day. But the truth is that we all fail from time to time, falling to temptation and doing something that disappoints us and disappoints God.

We all sin. It’s a fact that we can’t escape, no matter how hard we might try to talk our way around it.

Now, as believers, God wants us all to grow and mature. He doesn’t want us to stay as spiritual infants all our lives. And as we grow, the sin in our lives should diminish, a little at a time. Our ability to fight off temptation should become stronger.

No, we will never reach a point where we are perfect. We will still slip and fall occasionally.

Here’s the best part of all of this, though; God tells us in verse 9, above, that if we sin, we simply need to confess our sin to Him and He will forgive us for it.

This doesn’t give us a license to sin freely. Doing so is a slap in the face of Jesus, who died a brutal death to atone for those sins.

But, it’s good to know that as we walk this walk in frail human flesh, if we do sin, we have an advocate, and we have forgiveness simply by asking.

1 John 2:1 (NKJV) 2 My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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