“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.”
1 John 1:8 KJV
John telling us that if we boast that we have no sin, we’re only fooling ourselves and are strangers to the truth. To claim innocence by our own efforts under the law of personal performance, is to deceive ourselves and to deliberately ignore the truth - the truth about us does not mean that we now have to go into denial as if we haven’t done anything wrong! If we’ve hurt or wronged someone, we need to go to them and be reconciled. To apologise means to restore harmony. But the essence of confession is a conversation inspired by the revelation of the love of God demonstrated in Christ. The focus of this conversation shifts from what we did wrong to what Jesus did right! We do not need to first get rid of the darkness and then bring in the light. Light deals effectively and effortlessly with darkness. The light of the glorious Gospel does not reveal sin, it reveals our freedom from it! Hallelujah!
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