You say you love God, that’s good. You say you don’t sin,
that’s bad. God says you’re a liar, that’s ugly!
1 John 1:5-10
(MSG)
5 This, in essence, is the
message we heard from Christ and are passing on to you: God is light, pure
light; there's not a trace of darkness in him.
6-7 If we claim that we
experience a shared life with him and continue to stumble around in the dark,
we're obviously lying through our teeth—we're not living what we claim. But if
we walk in the light, God himself being the light, we also experience a shared
life with one another, as the sacrificed blood of Jesus, God's Son, purges all
our sin.
8-10 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.
Don’t be afraid to admit to God and your conscience that
you have done a wrong doing!
References:
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