Confess Sin; Jesus Forgives Always
1 John 2:1 “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.”
We have seen in this teaching that Jesus died for our sins. We have also seen that He cleansed us from all sin when we came into the kingdom. We have seen that we have been freed from sin and sin no longer has dominion over us. We have seen that our Lord condemned sin in the flesh so that we no longer have to obey its lusts. We have seen that as we are led by the Holy Spirit that we are more than able to put to death the deeds of the body. We have seen that being under grace is not an excuse to continue in sin but that rather God expects His children to grow up and stop sinning. We have seen that for those of us that refuse to stop sinning that our Lord will, and does eventually chastise us in order to correct our behaviour. We have seen the negative consequences of sin and just how badly sin affects us. The above quoted passage of scripture declares that the Holy Spirit has shown all of this to us so that we will not sin. And so we see that it is the express will of our Lord Jesus that as believers we should not sin. However if we do sin He has made a way for us to repent of our sin and be forgiven, for as this passage declares He Himself is our advocate with the Father.
1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
The above quoted passage of scripture declares to us that in order for the saint to receive forgiveness for their sins, that they need to confess their sins to the Lord and the blood of Christ then cleanses them from all sin. And so there is no sin and no amount of sins that we have committed, that cannot be forgiven by the Lord Jesus if we confess and repent of our sins. But I will end this teaching on a word of warning, i.e. there are two sins that will never be forgiven. The first is blasphemy against the Holy Spirit (Matthew 12:31). The second sin that will not be forgiven is the sin of denying Jesus as Lord (2 Timothy 2:12).
Michael E.B. Maher
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