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NASB | Ephesians 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Ephesians 1:7 In Him we have redemption [that is, our deliverance and salvation] through His blood, [which paid the penalty for our sin and resulted in] the forgiveness and complete pardon of our sin, in accordance with the riches of His grace |
Subject: how many unforgiven sins are there? |
Bible Note: Brother lionheart, I think 1 John 1:9 is agreeable in every way with the Lord’s Prayer as He instructed us to pray, Matthew 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. “Our hearts' desire and prayer to our heavenly Father every day should be, that he would forgive us our debts; that the obligation to punishment may be cancelled and vacated, that we may not come into condemnation; that we may be discharged, and have the comfort of it. In suing out the pardon of our sins, the great plea we have to rely upon is the satisfaction that was made to the justice of God for the sin of man, by the dying of the Lord Jesus our Surety, or rather Bail to the action, that undertook our discharge.” – Matthew Henry In response to Luke’s statement that we only need to confess our sins to one another and that there is no command to confess to the Lord, How is that so? Clearly, we see from Christ as well as John that confession of sin is to be offered and to the one who can truly pardon us and that does not belong to any of us. John was attempting in this letter, it seems, to be addressing some false teachings in which the reality of sin was being denied and encouragement of sin was being promoted. What better way to keep us on our toes than to have us recognize and confess that sin to God? Continual confession keeps us in fellowship with Christ. We are secure in the fact that our sins are forgiven but I think Scripture is clear that it is dangerous not to acknowledge that we still do sin. That acknowledgment is confession. We see a couple of items in confessing our sin as pointed out in 1 John 1:9. We first agree that our sin is sin and make a conscience effort to turn from it. Secondly, we ensure that we do not try to conceal our sin from God and ourselves. We continually see that we do in fact sin and must rely on God to overcome them. …“Penitent confession and acknowledgment of sin are the believer's business, and the means of his deliverance from his guilt. …” – Matthew Henry …“God is faithful to his covenant and word, wherein he has promised forgiveness to penitent believing confessors.”… – Matthew Henry …“He is clement and gracious also, and so will forgive, to the contrite confessor, all his sins, cleanse him from the guilt of all unrighteousness, and in due time deliver him from the power and practice of it.” – Matthew Henry WOS |