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NASB | 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 John 1:9 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 and cleanse us continually from all unrighteousness [our wrongdoing, everything not in conformity with His will and purpose]. |
Bible Question: Is 1 John 1:9 applicable to Christians? Or is it addressing those in 1 John 1:8? Are Christians forgiven by Christ's blood at the cross shed 2000 years ago or by just asking for forgiveness now? Did Jesus forgive all our sins at the cross or does He only give the ones we confess to Him? |
Bible Answer: I know I am stepping in here very late but nevertheless please allow me to post my thoughts on this topic, for what it's worth. Let me start in 1 John 1:7 1John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us (continously) from all sin. who is the we that is addressed here? I believe the we is believers in Christ Jesus. It is only as we believers continually walk in the light that fellowship with Christ is maintained. Sin in a believers life brings broken fellowship. And in order to restore that broken fellowship we need to get right with God. Isaiah 59:2 says: "sin separates us from God. This separation is not separation from His love, but from fellowship with the Fatherand the Son. Continuining on. It is only as we walk in the light that fellowship continues and then the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin. Next verse... 1John 1:8 ¶ If we say that we have (present tense) no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Again I ask who is the "we" in this verse? Is it not the author and us believers also, we being a plural pronoun. We know by experience that once we become Christian's we still sin, although we are not to make a habitual practice of sin. We are to confess it with the desire to turn from it. next verse.... 1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Once again I conclude we is us believers (plural pronoun) The negative and opposite wording of this verse could read: If we don't confess our sins, He has not promised to forgive us of unconfessed sin, or cleanse us from any unrighteousness. At this point I think I must add, we don't confess to a priest, we confess to God. It is God we have offended and grieved with our sins. David said: against Thee only have I sinned,and done this evil in thy sight:" (Ps. 51:4) Final verse.... 1John 2:1 ¶ My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: this helps clear this up for me. the text says: these things I write that you sin not. And IF any man sin we (us believers again) we have an Advocate with the Father which is Jesus Christ. So draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. RESIST THE DEVIL, and he will flee from you when you are tempted. Being tempted is not sin, we all will be tempted. But giving in to the temptation is sin. In Matthew 4 Jesus set the example for us when He resisted the Devils temptations, it was after He resisted that the devil fled from him. In Christ zach† |