1 John 1

W- uh, no, I understand that.

That's what 1 John 1 says.

Yeah.

You keep sinning.

I understand.

And the Bible doesn't say that the solution is repentance.

It says it's confession, and that restores fellowship with God, 1 John 1:9.

Uh, well, anyway, stay at your church.

Okay, I turned on the TV earlier, and the last thing I hear this minister say is, I don't sin because I'm dead to it, and I don't have to.

And then I hear Joseph Prince come on, and he's talking about how 1 John 1-9 is not relevant for Christians, because it was really written to Jews, because Paul, in all of his epistles, never said one word about having to confess your sins in order to maintain fellowship with God.

So, there you go, Hank.

Help me out.

He's classically involved in the Word of Faith movement, and he makes outrageous statements.

You just mentioned one of them.

It is outrageous to suggest that that 1 John 1 does not apply to Christians.

Yes, we must confess our sins.

But the scripture, that's where all of our scripture's gonna come from.

But if we look at 1 John 1, verses eight through 10, it says, if we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth.

But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.

If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts.

The law is spiritual, but we are carnal.

1 Kings 8 verse 46, Genesis 6 verse 5, John 15 verse 5, Romans 7 verse 14, chapter 8 verse 7, 1 John 1 verse 8. question four did then god give a law which could not be kept a no when god gave it we had power to keep it which since we have lost in adam genesis one verse twenty six ephesians four verse nineteen romans five verse twelve Question 5.

Whereto, then, doth the law now serve? Answer.

For two general ends.

Romans 1 verse 3.

Galatians 4 verse 4.

1 John 1 verse 1.

Question 4.

James 5:16.

It says that, "Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed." Let's go to 1 John 1:9.

1 John 1:9.

1 John 1:9, "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." Now, these two scriptures has become one of the greatest confusions as the gospel of righteousness came into the system.

It was taught on one hand that, "Don't confess your sins because the New Testament you don't need to confess it." And where we also came from, you must, you must confess.

So when you come to church, lift your hands.

But we also don't address what it means.

Actually, there's a, there's a reason why [laughs] that confusion is there.

So for this one, we're going to look at two scriptures.

Yeah, we're going to look at 1 John 1 and 9.

And 1 John 1 and 9 says, If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Populous scripture.

Every church you go to, that's one of the scriptures.

1 John 1 and 9.

Yes.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.