Confess Our Sins

 

Dear beloved: Pics: LW Children welcome home party; Pastor Zephania and Jim, Kisumu, Kenya 

1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. v8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. v9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. v10 If we say we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. 

Beloved, I have recently been in several discussions regarding our position in Christ regarding sin, and how all that relates to our daily walk as believers in the here and now.  Coming to Africa with the primary calling of an evangelist, it is was very important for me to talk about sin when preaching crusades. We all know the Roman Road which starts at Romans 3:23, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." To explain the gospel message, you have to start with the place of the unsaved sinner, and then present Jesus Christ, and His shed blood on the cross as the redemptive solution to the bondage of sin. But what about for the born again, are we never to be concerned with sin since we are now a new creation in Christ?  Not so fast. 1John Chapter 1 is a very important chapter in the Bible, written to believers on how to deal with their struggles on a daily basis. John says, "If we say we have no sin, we are a liar and the truth is not in us."  That is pretty frank talk. Coming to Africa from USA, it is very easy to see how the gospel of easy grace has overtaken many churches in America.  Sinful lifestyles that are openly promoted and even encouraged in some churches, are not even spoken of here in Africa. John goes on to say, "if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness."  This chapter can be summed up in this way: don't get too proud about your "sin free" life, thinking as sin abounds, grace abounds even more!  At Gather the Outcasts Ministry we preach and teach the whole gospel, the good news of salvation and also the way of discipline to become more like Christ every day.  We invite you to partner with us as we preach Christ and Him crucified. Our school project is moving along, we need more money for cement and bricks, as well asfall school term is starting next week. Any donations big or small will help us build the school, and keep our children going back to school on a timely basis.  May God bless you as you pray!

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