Scripture: 1 John 1: 8-10
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.
Scripture Commentary: Claim God as your Father.
If you claim to have never sinned in your life, then you must think you’re Jesus Christ.
Why would God send His Son for us? Because we are born in sin from Adam. We go through this life as imperfect souls. But God, through His love for us, sent His Son to pay for our wrongs.
Jesus was the ultimate sacrificial lamb
When Jesus died on the cross for us, His death and resurrection stopped the Old Testament way that believers symbolically transferred their sins to an animal that was then sacrificed. The animal died in their place to pay for their sin and to allow them to continue living in God’s favor.
Commit your life to Christ today!
God forgave them because of their faith in Him and because they obeyed His commandments concerning the sacrifice. When we commit our lives to Christ and thus identify ourselves with Him, His death becomes ours.
He has paid the penalty for our sins, and His blood has purified us.
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