Day 359 - 1 John

ONE-YEAR JOURNEY OF THE BIBLE
Day 359 - 1 John (Next Time You Wanna Sin, Think Again)
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"...Sin is lawlessness.  And you know that He was manifested to take away our sins, and in Him there is no sin.  Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him."  (1 John 3:4b-6)

Many people think that they are Christians and that God cannot refuse them entrance into heaven.  Sadly they are wrong.  The apostle John, known as the Lord's beloved apostle and adoptive son of Jesus' mother Mary, makes it crystal clear throughout his first epistle that so-called Christians who sin willfully absolutely are not saved.

John by no means is not saying that the true believer does not sin.  In fact, he writes, "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.  If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.  If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us (1 John 1:8-10)."

What John does say is that those who practice sin such as adulterers, liars, thieves, haters of other people, etc., those who deliberately break the law of God (sin is lawlessness), these John says has neither seen Christ nor know Him.

John goes on to say in the same chapter as our text above that those who live in sin is of the devil and that whoever is born of God does not continue in sin (1 John 3:7-9).  Those who are "born again" in the family of God through faith in His Son Jesus have been washed clean from all since God is "of purer eyes than to behold evil, and cannot look on wickedness (Habakkuk 1:13)."  It is absolutely necessary that the sinner be rid of every shade of sin before he is allowed entrance into heaven otherwise heaven will be polluted and would no longer be heaven.

The good news of the gospel is that God has sent His only Son Jesus Christ to die for our sins so that we could be forgiven and washed clean of our sins by His shed blood and so that you and I could be free from the bondage of sin and become members of the family of God and citizens of heaven.  Would you ask God to forgive you of your sins right now if you haven't done so yet and so be washed clean of your sins and become a child of God?