Please read our commentary on the previous verse I John1:7-8
(1 John 1:9 KJV)
If you have understood what 1John 1:7-8 says as explained, then you would not have problem with this verse.
We must re-emphasize that the Writer never meant to say that we Christians who are called the 'saints' by the Holy Ghost in the epistles are 'sinners' or that we are still in sins no matter how we try. How do I know this?
the same writer would in latter admonitions say "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin" (1 John 3:9 KJV), and again "these things write I unto you, that ye sin not." (1 John 2:1 KJV). We understand that we are born of God when we are born again (John 3:16). Except the writer (Holy Ghost) is insane would the same He who has said we don't sin, also say we are always in our sins. Clear? Glory to God! Or read the previous explanation
So, "If we confess our sins" will simply mean, if we admit/acknowledge our dependence of His cleansing blood even in our fellowship with one another, He is faithful and just: He will not deny us a place with them that are sanctified.
One may say again, "why do we need cleansing if we are not sinners?" A faint analogy i would like to give is that we take our bath everyday, not necessarily because we are already dirty and mired the next day, but it's an hygenic practice. Our continual stand in the Presence of God is by the effectual working of the blood of the Lamb which was shed once-and-for-all but with a continual eternal significance (Heb 7:25). What about our daily victory over all satanic wiles? It requires the blood as well.(Revelations 12:11).
Christ is ever faithful to keep us cleansed as we walk in the light as He is in the light. He's faithful to blot out our imperfections/mistakes so that there is not a record of any that is retained.
Alleluia
1John 1:10
(1 John 1:9 KJV)
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
If you have understood what 1John 1:7-8 says as explained, then you would not have problem with this verse.
We must re-emphasize that the Writer never meant to say that we Christians who are called the 'saints' by the Holy Ghost in the epistles are 'sinners' or that we are still in sins no matter how we try. How do I know this?
the same writer would in latter admonitions say "Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin" (1 John 3:9 KJV), and again "these things write I unto you, that ye sin not." (1 John 2:1 KJV). We understand that we are born of God when we are born again (John 3:16). Except the writer (Holy Ghost) is insane would the same He who has said we don't sin, also say we are always in our sins. Clear? Glory to God! Or read the previous explanation
So, "If we confess our sins" will simply mean, if we admit/acknowledge our dependence of His cleansing blood even in our fellowship with one another, He is faithful and just: He will not deny us a place with them that are sanctified.
One may say again, "why do we need cleansing if we are not sinners?" A faint analogy i would like to give is that we take our bath everyday, not necessarily because we are already dirty and mired the next day, but it's an hygenic practice. Our continual stand in the Presence of God is by the effectual working of the blood of the Lamb which was shed once-and-for-all but with a continual eternal significance (Heb 7:25). What about our daily victory over all satanic wiles? It requires the blood as well.(Revelations 12:11).
Christ is ever faithful to keep us cleansed as we walk in the light as He is in the light. He's faithful to blot out our imperfections/mistakes so that there is not a record of any that is retained.
Alleluia
1John 1:10
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