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God is faithful and righteous to forgive you

glen001-sm By Glen R. Jackman

There may be moments when a man doubts his relationship with the Lord. It may be harboured and unconfessed sin, or he may be lax in reading the Scriptures and in prayer or he may not understand  the faithful promise of His Lord — that He does forgive confessed sin.

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If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9 NAS)

“Faithful” as promised, God our Judge, is and remains “righteous” when He legally acquits us, (see Rom 3:26). This is never as an act of partiality or favouritism, otherwise God would be charged with injustice. He is righteous and just when He is acquitting the confessing justified believer for the sake of Christ’s blood. He is also just  when he is damning the non-confessing man who denies that Christ’s blood was shed for him.

In every verdict of God on men, there is involved a verdict on God himself. Once we have confessed our obvious and unknown sins (see Ps. 19:12), then His forgiving effects and secures the cleansing of all sin. In context, the letter of 1 John, practicing the Truth in the Light indicates ongoing confessing and accepting the promise in the sanctification process though we will not obtain absolute perfection before heaven. The Apostle Paul, taught that overcoming sin is a process that we engage in with the help of the Holy Spirit: “I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:14 NAS) The operative idea is “toward the goal” which means that our Christian life is lived in a responsible, co-operative process with God,

In context, the letter of 1 John, deals with practicing the Truth in the Light meaning living the Christian life. It indicates ongoing confessing and accepting the promise in the sanctification process as we allow the Holy Spirit to renew our mind and transform our thinking though we will not obtain absolute perfection before heaven. The Apostle Paul, taught that overcoming sin is a process that we engage in with the help of the Holy Spirit: “I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:14 NAS) The operative idea is “toward the goal” which means that our Christian life is lived in responsible, co-operative process with God,