Light and Darkness, Sin and Forgiveness

⁵ This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. ⁶ If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. ⁷ But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all^[b] sin.

⁸ If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. ⁹ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰ If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.

Remember:  Verse 9 says it all for me and I hope it ministers to you in a mighty way.  If we will confess our sins, Jesus is “faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” I can’t speak for you, but I thank God for Jesus that He would come and die on the cross for our sins so that we might be saved.  And all we have to do is repent; believe in our hearts and confess with our mouths that Jesus Christ is LORD.  The Bible says, “we will be saved.”  I know, I’m giving the short version, but the fact is this:  If we believe that Jesus is the Son of God and that God raised him from the dead on the third day and He lives.  It’s all GOOD!  Blessings!  Walt!