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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 pays the wage? |
Bible Note: Angel - I'm as confused about your position on eternal security as a goose in a hen house. Does a regenerated believer truly have eternal life or not? Another way of asking this, I suppose, is, Does a born-again believer cease to be born again every time he sins, and must he be born again, again and again? If he "loses his salvation" every time he sins, does he cease to be a regenerate believer? And if man's confession of sin restores him to a born-again status, then is it not man's confession instead of God's grace that saves him? In other words, is God's gift of eternal life based solely on God's grace or are man's works, including confession of sin, a determining factor also? If works are a factor, then grace becomes insufficient and salvation becomes a joint enterprise between God and man, between God's grace and man's works, doesn't it? Do you know of Scriptures that clear up this confusing issue so that they who read may understand and they who search may find? --Hank |