Mar 25, 2007 - Do we sin?
Mar 25, 2007
I John 1:8-10 MESSAGE
If we claim that we're free of sin, we're only fooling ourselves. A claim like that is errant nonsense. On the other hand, if we admit our sins—make a clean breast of them—he won't let us down; he'll be true to himself. He'll forgive our sins and purge us of all wrongdoing. If we claim that we've never sinned, we out-and-out contradict God—make a liar out of him. A claim like that only shows off our ignorance of God.
We live our lives each day and we do something wrong. There is no getting around it. We get cut off in traffic and we get angry. Or we know we should put 100% into our job but there is something that holds us back. Maybe the kids ask a question that is better answered with a 'white lie'. These all happen every day and if we tell ourselves that they do not, we lie to ourselves. If we keep doing that, then we start to believe that the things we are doing are OK. "After all , others do them, and they are basically good people, I must be a good person to. It is OK to do those things." Though we may say them to ourselves, the word says differently.
The word tells us that when we make statements like that we are just fooling ourselves. Sin is sin. There is no way in getting around it. The good part is that we have a simple fix, confess the sin to God and He will forgive us. When we confess it, the sin in our lives is wiped clean. It is not there any more. We are washed of it and it is no longer there.
Can we then say that we have not sinned at all. Nope, we have sinned and we will sin. The difference is that we are forgiven. Saying we have not sinned says that God never had to send Jesus for us and we can do it all ourselves. We are a sinful people and need to walk in the forgiveness each and every day. Each day take some time to do a check of what you may have done wrong and make a note of it to ask God to forgive you and He will. In fact, you will get to the point that when the Spirit tries to tell you something in wrong, you will stop yourself from doing it.
