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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]. |
Subject: who is pure from sin |
Bible Note: Norrie: Your post raises some really good issues. I think even today you and I both look at things in our lives that are offensive to God's perfect holiness and decide for ourselves that they are "no big deal." Even in our current state of being adopted children of God, we still are much worse in our behavior than even we think we are. I have recommended this book many times on this forum, and I will do so again now because I have found it to be the most helpful and biblically-sound book on this issue of grace, faith, sin, obedience, and salvation and how they all play together in the Christian life. It is called _Righteous Sinners_ by Ron Julian, and I am going to plug christianbook.com as well simply because the book can be picked up for a couple of bucks there. It is easily worth 10 times that amount for the wealth of biblical exegesis found there, and it is so immensely practical, rather than being abstract. As for homosexuality and the Bible, Paul is pretty clear in Romans 1 that it is the highest form of being given over to depravity. I am not saying that one cannot be saved from homosexuality, but to read Paul's extreme condemnation of the practice in no uncertain terms and to simply dismiss that makes me seriously doubt the spiritual condition of anyone who says that gay is okay. Imagine someone who is a murderer going around saying that all of the prohibitions against murder are all culturally-based and that David was a murderer (Uriah), so murder is really okay. It just doesn't wash, and they are exchanging the truth of God for a lie. --Joe! |