Good Morning Friends,
“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 has no
place in our lives.” (1 John 1:8-10)
We are to walk in purity and righteousness.
That is what God has called us to. If we aren’t doing that, then there should
be concern about the genuineness of our relationship with God. However, we
should never get to the point where we think we’ve reached the goal and got
this righteousness thing under control – that we’ve got sin licked.
In fact, it seems that the greater degree of
maturity that you see in people’s lives in the Bible, the greater degree of
awareness of their own sin. Paul called himself the “chief of sinners” and knew
he still had not reached the goal of getting rid of the sin in his life.
A right and mature relationship with God is
marked by honesty. An honest awareness of our sin and a sincere appreciation of
His grace. The pathway to removing all unrighteousness is not by achieving
perfection, but through the honest acknowledgement of our problems – it is through
confession.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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