Daily Devotions
August 24th, 2011 by Pastor Solley1 John 1:-10
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. 5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: 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 from all sin. 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
Calvary does cover it all if we want it to. We saw yesterday that a sinner must come to Christ in order to have sin forgiven. What then of the redeemed? 1 John is speaking to the Christian. In verse 9 we see again Calvary covering all the sins of the redeemed. Yes we continue to sin after salvation. But these sins, like are sin nature, are forgiven and cleansed only to the point that we want them to be. For example, if I have a problem with my thought life I need only take it to the Lord, confess and repent, and Jesus will not only forgive but take it away. But some love the sin more than they want the cleansing. So that person would continue on in a vile thought life. This they would then answer for at the judgment seat of Christ. This is a serious matter for who wants to suffer loss of rewards in heaven? Christians are often sort sighted. But is there something to be gained or lost right now? Read chapter 1 again and we will look at what can be lost because of sin right now in our devotion tomorrow.