Gideons300
Our awakening is beginning. Prepare to be amazed.
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Thank you for your input brother.Why would they?
I'm aware of what John wrote.
You wrote:
"Please note and quote what 1 John 1:10 says when quoting 1:9. He is talking about sin deniers, not about getting your sins forgiven."
Whatever verse 10 says, in verse 9, John is most definitely talking about "getting your sins forgiven."
1 John 1:9
9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Have I said that a Christian doesn't possess forgiveness? No. I've said exactly the reverse. But, like a box of band-aids one has bought from the drug store, if one doesn't apply the bandages in the box to one's wounds, the bandages won't protect the wounds. So, too, forgiveness. We are forgiven in Christ and clothed in his righteousness and thereby are accepted by God, but when we sin, as the apostle John wrote, we must confess that sin to God in order to obtain cleansing and restoration of our fellowship (not relationship, though) with God.
What happens when you "forget one"? Your unconfessed sin bars you from properly enjoying God. It doesn't mean your relationship to Him is lost, however. If you think you have sin standing between you and God, but can't remember what it is, follow the example of the Psalmist who wrote:
Psalms 19:12
12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
Psalms 139:23-24
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties;
24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
If you want to know if there is sin hindering your fellowship with God and what it is, simply pray and ask God to show it to you. He's always more than willing bring to light your sin and cleanse you of it.
The work of Christ at Calvary is finished but his work in you is not.
We have a lovely new shower in our home. It works great! The installer did a fine job of putting in the shower. His work is finished and finished very well. But, you know, the shower only benefits us when we get into it, and turn on the water, and stand in its soothing, cleansing spray. Has the installer of the shower not finished his work because we have to take steps to benefit from his work? I don't see how this is a reasonable conclusion. The same goes for the forgiveness we have in Christ.
Here is a question that needs to be asked? Why would any child of God, if he or she is aware that they have sinned and the Holy Spirit has tried to correct them, not want to repent and turn from it?
The danger is great. Why? Because continuing in sin hardens the heart and our faith is weakened. If our faith is weakened and Christ dwells in our hearts by faith, it makes abiding in Him impossible.
God is gracious and full of mercy, longsuffering towards us. But if we refuse the correction and discipline of the Spirit, we put our souls in great danger.
That is why we are exhorted to give all diligence to make our calling and election sure. The OSAS doctrine has led much of the church into a false assurance that since all their sins, past present and future are forgiven, we can do what we want and still find our mansion move-in ready when we get to the Pearly Gates of Heaven.
Who do we think those people were that were religious but had no desire for righteousness to actually be seen in their behavior? It is always someone else, not us. But on that final judgment, we will see emblazoned on the gates into eternity:
“Let all who name the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”
And if that is not our heart cry, it is time to hit our knees and beg Him to do whatever it takes to awaken us from our death sleep.
God gives grace, but will not be used as we continue to please ourselves. Until we truly HATE our sin and long to be freed from the old carnal us that loves sin, we are walking a tightrope over hell.
Blessings,
Gideon
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