Help for the Sinner
God is perfectly pure, and we are utterly flawed. But Christ is our Advocate in the court of Heaven. He defends our cause on the basis of His blood.
Prayer
Unbelief: The Epicenter of All Sin
Claim - “We have NOT Sinned”
Reality - You Believe God is a Liar
Truth - The Truth Is NOT in You
Christ Our Advocate
Evidence - When We Sin
Reality - Christ Our Advocate
Christ Jesus: The Righteous One
On the contrary, a growth in holiness will mean a growth in a true sensitivity to sin in one’s life and an intense desire to eliminate from life all that displeases God. Instead of boasting in his progress, the person will be increasingly ready to acknowledge sin and seek to have it eliminated.
Truth - Wrath Bearing Sacrifice
John goes on to say that Jesus dealt with not only “our sins” but also the sins of “the whole world.” Some have suggested this means that all people will be saved whether or not they repent of their sins and trust Jesus. However, the burden of this letter is to discern true believers from false ones. John’s letter would be pointless if all are redeemed anyway. John has declared various groups of people to be out of fellowship with God, not recipients of the propitiating work of Christ. He is, then, not contradicting himself here. The point, rather, is that Jesus is the one sacrifice available for the world. The message of this salvation is not to be restricted to one group but is to be proclaimed boldly to all people everywhere.
We might suggest that Jesus Christ is the atoning sacrifice for the sins of the whole world because his death was sufficient to deal with the sins of the whole world, but that his sacrifice does not become effective until people believe in him.