 | W. Herschel Ford - Reference - 1983 - 340 pages
...wouldn't think of giving Jesus a soiled gift. Well, how can we cleanse that heart? The Bible tells us that "If we confess our sins, [God] is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." This does not mean that we merely tell God that... | |
 | BCP7205 - Religion - 1984 - 1042 pages
...Matthew 22:37-40 ' If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us; but if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. / John 1:8, 9 Seeing that we have a great high... | |
 | 1917 - 592 pages
...case of confession of sins in secret to God, the penitents found assurance in the words of St. John : "If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." In the case of confession of sins in public... | |
 | R. C. Sproul - Reference - 1996 - 628 pages
...think there are times when God does give categorical statements of promises. For example, we're told that if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. I think it's clear in Scripture that when a person repents... | |
 | Faith Annette Sand - Religion - 1996 - 228 pages
...any way he wanted, and then when push came to shove, resort to begging forgiveness, quote i John i:9 ("If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness"), promise to reform and then start all over again.... | |
 | William Carey - Missionaries - 2000 - 326 pages
...divine favour, for patdon, and jusrificarion, and the enrire renovarion of my nature. Our Lord has said that "if we confess our sins God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us ftom all unrighreousness". My conscience resrifies that I do confess my... | |
 | David L. Brown - Religion - 2003 - 186 pages
...14:33, that "...God is not the author of confusion". Also, I was not mindful of God's promise, that is, if we confess our sins, God is "faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" — 1 John 1:9. I was not knowledgeable enough... | |
 | Jan Wells - Religion - 2004 - 341 pages
...Christ we can be cleansed from our sins, as Jesus Himself is the atonement for our sin. 1 John 1:9 says that "if we confess our sins God is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins, and to cleanse us of all unrighteousness." If you know the song, "Living for Jesus," you... | |
 | William N. Jackson - Religion - 2004 - 284 pages
...workplaces. We have the opportunity to forgive people who are truly sorry. John says in his first letter, "If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness." So then, if we are to forgive others as God in Christ... | |
 | Jim Towns - Church work with bereaved persons - 2004 - 166 pages
...make us rather miserable for extended periods. A good prescription for such guilt is in 1 John 1:9, "If we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness." This verse implores us not to be afraid to talk... | |
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If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us; but if we confess our sins, God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 
