1 00:00:13,770 --> 00:00:16,830 Shall we stand together as we sing the 2 00:00:16,830 --> 00:00:19,010 doxology, as Mr. Knight leads us. 3 00:00:19,050 --> 00:00:20,890 Let's stand, everybody standing, please. 4 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:01,800 Unto thee, bless in every part of it, 5 00:01:02,260 --> 00:01:04,260 bless in the singing of the hymns, the 6 00:01:04,260 --> 00:01:06,600 offering of the prayers, the giving of the 7 00:01:06,600 --> 00:01:10,020 offering, the presentation of the music, and most 8 00:01:10,020 --> 00:01:13,220 of all, in the proclamation of thy word. 9 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,740 Open our hearts, clarify our mind. 10 00:01:17,300 --> 00:01:20,020 May something happen today as the word of 11 00:01:20,020 --> 00:01:23,880 God and our needs come into contact that 12 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:26,120 will make a difference that will last forever. 13 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:27,960 For we ask it in the name of 14 00:01:27,960 --> 00:01:29,240 Jesus and for his sake. 15 00:01:29,820 --> 00:01:30,140 Amen. 16 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:32,500 Shall we be seated, please, and shall we 17 00:01:32,500 --> 00:01:33,900 turn to hymn number 20? 18 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:36,940 Hymn number 20 is our opening hymn this 19 00:01:36,940 --> 00:01:37,240 morning. 20 00:01:37,420 --> 00:01:39,640 Come we that love the Lord and let 21 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:40,960 our joys be known. 22 00:01:41,140 --> 00:01:43,740 Join in a song of sweet accord and 23 00:01:43,740 --> 00:01:45,780 thus surround the throne. 24 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:47,940 We're marching to Zion. 25 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:51,240 Hymn number 20, Lloyd Knight is here as 26 00:01:51,240 --> 00:01:53,740 our song leader in the absence of David 27 00:01:53,740 --> 00:01:56,740 Williams, our minister of music, and Lloyd will 28 00:01:56,740 --> 00:01:59,420 lead us together as we stand and sing 29 00:01:59,420 --> 00:02:01,860 all four verses of hymn number 20. 30 00:02:23,280 --> 00:08:17,430 I'd be 31 00:08:17,430 --> 00:08:19,190 very, very glad if you would turn to 32 00:08:19,190 --> 00:08:22,110 the first epistle of John in the first 33 00:08:22,110 --> 00:08:22,550 chapter. 34 00:08:23,930 --> 00:08:26,250 Not to the gospel of John, but to 35 00:08:26,250 --> 00:08:27,970 the first epistle of John. 36 00:08:29,030 --> 00:08:31,330 And you'll need your Bible, in connection with 37 00:08:31,330 --> 00:08:34,250 the message of the morning, and I trust 38 00:08:34,250 --> 00:08:35,789 that you'll be able to follow me as 39 00:08:35,789 --> 00:08:37,390 I speak from this epistle. 40 00:08:37,590 --> 00:08:40,630 The first epistle of John, the very first 41 00:08:40,630 --> 00:08:43,630 chapter, and the verses that I want to 42 00:08:43,630 --> 00:08:46,090 deal with are from the sixth verse of 43 00:08:46,090 --> 00:08:49,850 that first chapter to the second verse, and 44 00:08:49,850 --> 00:08:53,370 including the second verse of the second chapter. 45 00:08:54,250 --> 00:08:58,630 A very, very wonderful passage indeed, and it 46 00:08:58,630 --> 00:09:00,330 will be a blessing to you if you 47 00:09:00,330 --> 00:09:03,750 understand it and God speaks to you through 48 00:09:03,750 --> 00:09:04,090 it. 49 00:09:05,030 --> 00:09:08,730 Commencing with the first chapter of the first 50 00:09:08,730 --> 00:09:14,110 epistle of John and the sixth verse, now 51 00:09:14,110 --> 00:09:17,010 you'll notice the very first word in this 52 00:09:17,010 --> 00:09:20,110 verse is the little word, if, just two 53 00:09:20,110 --> 00:09:22,610 letters, I-F, if. 54 00:09:23,550 --> 00:09:25,490 But if you look at the seventh verse, 55 00:09:26,410 --> 00:09:30,270 you'll notice that again that word occurs, if, 56 00:09:31,050 --> 00:09:33,850 I-F, once again. 57 00:09:34,950 --> 00:09:36,570 Then if you look down at the eighth 58 00:09:36,570 --> 00:09:40,590 verse, you'll note that it occurs once more, 59 00:09:41,350 --> 00:09:45,170 the little word, if, in the eighth verse. 60 00:09:46,030 --> 00:09:47,510 And then if you look at the ninth 61 00:09:47,510 --> 00:09:51,750 verse, it also commences with the word, if. 62 00:09:52,670 --> 00:09:57,550 And last of all, the tenth verse also 63 00:09:57,550 --> 00:09:59,230 starts with the word, if. 64 00:10:00,070 --> 00:10:05,310 Now, five times that little word, if, is 65 00:10:05,310 --> 00:10:08,750 used, and I've underlined it in my Bible 66 00:10:08,750 --> 00:10:11,170 each time it occurs. 67 00:10:11,770 --> 00:10:14,350 The sixth verse, if we say. 68 00:10:15,030 --> 00:10:18,810 The seventh verse, but if we walk. 69 00:10:19,550 --> 00:10:22,470 And the eighth verse, if we say. 70 00:10:23,070 --> 00:10:26,010 The ninth verse, if we confess. 71 00:10:27,150 --> 00:10:30,950 And the tenth verse, if we say. 72 00:10:31,850 --> 00:10:35,850 It's significant that the word, if, should occur 73 00:10:35,850 --> 00:10:39,870 five times in these verses in the first 74 00:10:39,870 --> 00:10:43,930 chapter of the first epistle of John. 75 00:10:43,930 --> 00:10:47,170 Then there's something else that ought to be 76 00:10:47,170 --> 00:10:51,350 noticed that I think is very striking, and 77 00:10:51,350 --> 00:10:52,770 that is the word, we. 78 00:10:53,790 --> 00:10:56,630 The word, if, occurs five times. 79 00:10:57,750 --> 00:11:00,710 The word, we, occurs seven times. 80 00:11:01,650 --> 00:11:03,570 Look again at the sixth verse, if you 81 00:11:03,570 --> 00:11:03,910 will. 82 00:11:04,150 --> 00:11:07,350 If we say, we. 83 00:11:08,170 --> 00:11:10,830 And then look at the seventh verse. 84 00:11:10,830 --> 00:11:14,050 If we walk, we. 85 00:11:14,790 --> 00:11:16,790 Look now at the eighth verse. 86 00:11:17,230 --> 00:11:21,270 If we say, again, the word, we. 87 00:11:22,270 --> 00:11:26,190 In the ninth verse, if we confess, the 88 00:11:26,190 --> 00:11:27,170 word, we, again. 89 00:11:28,110 --> 00:11:31,290 And last of all, in the tenth verse, 90 00:11:31,890 --> 00:11:34,730 three times the word, we. 91 00:11:34,730 --> 00:11:39,810 If we say, we have, we make. 92 00:11:40,310 --> 00:11:43,110 Three times the word, we, is used. 93 00:11:43,910 --> 00:11:48,010 So that in making a study of these 94 00:11:48,010 --> 00:11:51,530 verses, we note, first of all, that the 95 00:11:51,530 --> 00:11:53,710 word, if, occurs five times. 96 00:11:54,490 --> 00:11:59,050 The word, we, occurs seven times in these 97 00:11:59,050 --> 00:12:03,330 few verses, the last few verses of the 98 00:12:03,330 --> 00:12:06,590 first chapter of the epistle of John. 99 00:12:07,350 --> 00:12:09,270 Now let us go back to that sixth 100 00:12:09,270 --> 00:12:12,510 verse, the first if and the first we. 101 00:12:13,390 --> 00:12:17,050 If we say, here is something that we're 102 00:12:17,050 --> 00:12:18,670 talking about. 103 00:12:18,970 --> 00:12:23,590 We're saying, if we say that we have 104 00:12:23,590 --> 00:12:27,570 fellowship with him, if we claim to have 105 00:12:27,570 --> 00:12:31,430 fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ, and walk 106 00:12:31,430 --> 00:12:34,390 in darkness, we lie. 107 00:12:35,450 --> 00:12:38,170 John is very, very plain spoken. 108 00:12:40,520 --> 00:12:42,500 He doesn't say we tell a falsehood. 109 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:47,300 He says we lie, right out, definitely. 110 00:12:48,100 --> 00:12:50,560 We lie and do not the truth. 111 00:12:51,780 --> 00:12:54,940 So in the first place, if we say 112 00:12:54,940 --> 00:12:58,000 that we have fellowship with him, and walk 113 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:02,640 in darkness, if we're still walking in darkness, 114 00:13:03,540 --> 00:13:06,500 while claiming to have fellowship with the Lord 115 00:13:06,500 --> 00:13:10,460 Jesus Christ, according to the word of God 116 00:13:10,460 --> 00:13:14,680 and the statement of the apostle John, we 117 00:13:14,680 --> 00:13:18,060 lie and do not the truth. 118 00:13:19,030 --> 00:13:25,120 The seventh verse, again, if we, if we 119 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:30,080 walk, if we live, if we walk in 120 00:13:30,080 --> 00:13:32,760 the light, for to walk means to live, 121 00:13:33,780 --> 00:13:37,020 if we walk in the light, as he 122 00:13:37,020 --> 00:13:40,080 is in the light, then there are two 123 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:40,960 things that happen. 124 00:13:41,940 --> 00:13:44,380 First of all, we have fellowship one with 125 00:13:44,380 --> 00:13:44,720 another. 126 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:48,060 Now if you want to have fellowship with 127 00:13:48,060 --> 00:13:51,760 your fellow Christians, then you will have to 128 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:55,380 walk in the light yourself, or you'll have 129 00:13:55,380 --> 00:13:56,700 no fellowship with them. 130 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,660 And I say again, if you want to 131 00:14:00,660 --> 00:14:04,600 have fellowship with your fellow Christians, you'll have 132 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:07,640 to walk in the light, the light that 133 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:11,460 God gives you, from day to day, from 134 00:14:11,460 --> 00:14:12,240 his word. 135 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:15,820 If we walk in the light, as he 136 00:14:15,820 --> 00:14:18,440 is in the light, two things follow. 137 00:14:18,620 --> 00:14:22,180 First, we have fellowship one with another. 138 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:26,400 You have fellowship with other Christians. 139 00:14:26,540 --> 00:14:29,220 We have fellowship one with another. 140 00:14:31,020 --> 00:14:35,040 And then second, the blood of Jesus Christ, 141 00:14:36,160 --> 00:14:41,380 his son, cleanseth us from all sin. 142 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:46,060 Now we can't take that statement by itself. 143 00:14:47,100 --> 00:14:49,600 We can't just say the blood of Jesus 144 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:55,020 Christ, his son, God's son, cleanseth us from 145 00:14:55,020 --> 00:14:55,800 all sin. 146 00:14:56,700 --> 00:15:00,420 We cannot say it unless we are walking 147 00:15:00,420 --> 00:15:01,380 in the light. 148 00:15:02,460 --> 00:15:05,620 For unless we are walking in the light, 149 00:15:06,220 --> 00:15:10,040 his blood is not cleansing us from all 150 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:10,480 sin. 151 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:12,860 There is no cleansing. 152 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,560 We're only cleansed as we walk, as we 153 00:15:17,560 --> 00:15:23,280 live, as we dwell, as we abide in 154 00:15:23,280 --> 00:15:26,500 the light of God's word through the Lord 155 00:15:26,500 --> 00:15:27,480 Jesus Christ. 156 00:15:28,440 --> 00:15:31,000 So those two things happen when we walk 157 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:31,660 in the light. 158 00:15:32,460 --> 00:15:34,500 First of all, we have fellowship with each 159 00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:34,780 other. 160 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:40,240 And there is no fellowship apart from walking 161 00:15:40,240 --> 00:15:40,980 in the light. 162 00:15:41,820 --> 00:15:46,780 And second, the blood of Jesus Christ, his 163 00:15:46,780 --> 00:15:48,140 son, God's son. 164 00:15:48,750 --> 00:15:52,960 And here we have this tremendous statement that 165 00:15:52,960 --> 00:15:58,080 Jesus was and is the son of the 166 00:15:58,080 --> 00:15:58,860 living God. 167 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,980 He is spoken of here as God's son. 168 00:16:03,780 --> 00:16:07,780 The blood of Jesus Christ, that blood shed 169 00:16:07,780 --> 00:16:12,960 on Calvary's cross 1,900 years ago now, 170 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:18,100 the blood of Jesus Christ, his son, cleanseth 171 00:16:18,100 --> 00:16:24,000 us, purifies us from all sin. 172 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,760 Not just from some of the sins that 173 00:16:27,760 --> 00:16:31,780 we commit, but from all sin. 174 00:16:32,460 --> 00:16:33,900 We're cleansed. 175 00:16:34,420 --> 00:16:38,340 We're purified when we walk in the light. 176 00:16:39,340 --> 00:16:41,060 Now, all we have to do is to 177 00:16:41,060 --> 00:16:44,880 ask ourselves the question, are we walking in 178 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:47,740 the light, in the light of God's word, 179 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:50,460 in the light of what we read in 180 00:16:50,460 --> 00:16:51,020 the Bible? 181 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,840 Are we walking in the light of the 182 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:56,980 truth of God? 183 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:01,060 If we are walking or living or dwelling 184 00:17:01,060 --> 00:17:04,680 or abiding in the light of God's word, 185 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:07,220 then two things, I say, happen. 186 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:10,300 First, we have fellowship with one another. 187 00:17:11,420 --> 00:17:16,240 And then the blood of Jesus Christ, God's 188 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:21,780 son, cleanses us from all sin. 189 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:26,119 Now, that word, cleanse us, is in the 190 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:27,800 present progressive tense. 191 00:17:28,540 --> 00:17:33,160 It doesn't mean one and only one cleansing. 192 00:17:34,340 --> 00:17:36,300 There is one cleansing. 193 00:17:37,180 --> 00:17:40,940 The first time, when we begin to walk 194 00:17:40,940 --> 00:17:42,660 in the light, we're cleansed. 195 00:17:43,200 --> 00:17:44,660 But that doesn't end it. 196 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:47,340 That cleansing is continuous. 197 00:17:48,500 --> 00:17:54,180 That cleansing continues automatically as we walk in 198 00:17:54,180 --> 00:17:54,700 the light. 199 00:17:55,660 --> 00:18:00,740 Cleanse of us from all sin. 200 00:18:01,700 --> 00:18:04,280 You ask the question, how can I be 201 00:18:04,280 --> 00:18:09,260 cleansed from all my sins, from every one 202 00:18:09,260 --> 00:18:09,700 of them? 203 00:18:10,420 --> 00:18:12,720 How can I be cleansed? 204 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:18,900 By walking in the light, by living or 205 00:18:18,900 --> 00:18:23,020 dwelling or abiding in the light. 206 00:18:23,020 --> 00:18:25,840 And if we do and when we do, 207 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:31,820 then we are being continually cleansed from all 208 00:18:31,820 --> 00:18:36,180 sin, but only as we walk in the 209 00:18:36,180 --> 00:18:36,540 light. 210 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:39,480 Now, in the eighth verse, we have the 211 00:18:39,480 --> 00:18:41,940 statement again, if and we. 212 00:18:42,940 --> 00:18:44,060 If we say. 213 00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:47,980 Now, here is something that we profess, something 214 00:18:47,980 --> 00:18:50,220 that we claim, something that we say. 215 00:18:50,920 --> 00:18:54,820 If we say that we have no sin, 216 00:18:55,940 --> 00:19:00,020 no sin to be cleansed of, if that's 217 00:19:00,020 --> 00:19:04,260 what we're saying, and if that's why we're 218 00:19:04,260 --> 00:19:07,220 not walking in the light. 219 00:19:08,460 --> 00:19:15,100 If we say we have no sin, we 220 00:19:15,100 --> 00:19:16,440 deceive ourselves. 221 00:19:18,580 --> 00:19:20,380 We're not deceiving God. 222 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:24,440 God knows that we have sin. 223 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:29,200 We're not deceiving other people. 224 00:19:30,740 --> 00:19:33,440 Other people know that we have sin. 225 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:36,580 They're conscious of that fact. 226 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:39,040 They know that we're not perfect. 227 00:19:40,500 --> 00:19:43,240 They can see the sins in our lives, 228 00:19:43,900 --> 00:19:46,720 even when we ourselves cannot see them. 229 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:48,820 They can see them. 230 00:19:49,500 --> 00:19:52,940 And they know perfectly well that our claim 231 00:19:52,940 --> 00:19:56,060 is a false claim and that we are 232 00:19:56,060 --> 00:20:01,940 not walking in the light and we're not 233 00:20:01,940 --> 00:20:04,140 free from sin. 234 00:20:04,940 --> 00:20:07,640 If we say that we have no sin, 235 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:09,980 we deceive ourselves. 236 00:20:11,060 --> 00:20:12,760 And the truth is not in us. 237 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:17,660 Did you ever hear of anyone who claimed 238 00:20:17,660 --> 00:20:18,900 to have no sin? 239 00:20:20,380 --> 00:20:22,580 There are very few who would make such 240 00:20:22,580 --> 00:20:23,160 a claim. 241 00:20:24,420 --> 00:20:27,500 But there is one, now and again, who 242 00:20:27,500 --> 00:20:29,380 does make that kind of a claim. 243 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:33,100 I came into contact with such an one 244 00:20:33,100 --> 00:20:40,400 not very long ago, who claimed that he 245 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:44,960 had no sin, no sin to be cleansed 246 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:50,860 from, no sin to be forgiven, that he 247 00:20:50,860 --> 00:20:53,280 was living a sinless life. 248 00:20:54,720 --> 00:21:00,240 Well, that's nothing but pure nonsense for any 249 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:03,860 individual to claim that he has no sin 250 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:07,400 and that, therefore, because he has no sin, 251 00:21:08,100 --> 00:21:11,860 he doesn't need to be cleansed from his 252 00:21:11,860 --> 00:21:12,540 sins. 253 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:15,460 If we say that we have no sin, 254 00:21:15,980 --> 00:21:17,720 we deceive ourselves. 255 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:22,300 Now, the only one we deceive, ourselves. 256 00:21:23,220 --> 00:21:27,500 Not others, not God, but ourselves. 257 00:21:28,240 --> 00:21:32,780 We deceive ourselves, and the truth is not 258 00:21:32,780 --> 00:21:33,320 in us. 259 00:21:34,500 --> 00:21:37,500 Now, the next gift, and the next we 260 00:21:37,500 --> 00:21:40,400 in the ninth verse, and I think this 261 00:21:40,400 --> 00:21:42,660 is one of the most wonderful verses in 262 00:21:42,660 --> 00:21:43,220 the Bible. 263 00:21:44,260 --> 00:21:47,860 I know of no verse that has brought 264 00:21:47,860 --> 00:21:51,320 me as much comfort as this verse has. 265 00:21:52,020 --> 00:21:54,640 If I have quoted this verse to God 266 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,840 once, I have quoted it to him a 267 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:03,420 thousand times, again and again, I fall back 268 00:22:03,420 --> 00:22:06,480 on this verse in my prayer life. 269 00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:09,680 The ninth verse of the first chapter. 270 00:22:10,820 --> 00:22:16,460 If we confess our sins, then what happens? 271 00:22:17,140 --> 00:22:20,500 If we're willing to confess them, if we're 272 00:22:20,500 --> 00:22:25,680 prepared to confess them, if we confess our 273 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:27,980 sins, what happens? 274 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:30,380 Listen, if you will, it's glorious. 275 00:22:31,380 --> 00:22:32,980 He is faithful. 276 00:22:34,180 --> 00:22:36,200 He is just. 277 00:22:37,380 --> 00:22:41,740 Faithful and just. 278 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:49,300 Faithful because he promised. 279 00:22:51,340 --> 00:22:56,320 Just because he atoned. 280 00:22:57,640 --> 00:22:58,660 Remember that. 281 00:22:59,940 --> 00:23:03,580 He is faithful and just. 282 00:23:04,540 --> 00:23:11,230 Faithful because he promised, and God always keeps 283 00:23:11,230 --> 00:23:11,990 his promises. 284 00:23:13,290 --> 00:23:15,090 He never breaks his promises. 285 00:23:16,290 --> 00:23:20,170 Therefore he is faithful and just. 286 00:23:21,110 --> 00:23:25,750 Just because he atoned, and on the basis 287 00:23:25,750 --> 00:23:30,330 of his atonement, he can cleanse us from 288 00:23:30,330 --> 00:23:31,070 our sins. 289 00:23:32,110 --> 00:23:37,630 So he's both just and faithful if we 290 00:23:37,630 --> 00:23:38,030 confess. 291 00:23:39,150 --> 00:23:42,030 But the condition is confession. 292 00:23:43,430 --> 00:23:48,190 We must confess our sins. 293 00:23:49,310 --> 00:23:53,630 And the moment we fail God, the moment 294 00:23:53,630 --> 00:23:58,090 we commit a sin, we should immediately turn 295 00:23:58,090 --> 00:24:02,690 to God in confession and humiliation and confess 296 00:24:02,690 --> 00:24:04,610 the sin that we have committed. 297 00:24:05,750 --> 00:24:10,830 We shouldn't let any time go by without 298 00:24:10,830 --> 00:24:15,550 having come to God and confessed the sin 299 00:24:15,550 --> 00:24:17,290 that has been committed. 300 00:24:18,210 --> 00:24:23,050 God never tells us that Christians never sin. 301 00:24:24,630 --> 00:24:32,330 Even Christians occasionally fail God and occasionally sin 302 00:24:32,970 --> 00:24:35,590 and occasionally transgress. 303 00:24:36,540 --> 00:24:37,590 Even Christians. 304 00:24:39,530 --> 00:24:44,150 And the only remedy for that sin is 305 00:24:44,150 --> 00:24:44,730 confession. 306 00:24:47,070 --> 00:24:50,830 And there is no forgiveness apart from confession. 307 00:24:52,290 --> 00:24:55,670 And we're not right with God unless we 308 00:24:55,670 --> 00:24:56,550 do confess. 309 00:24:57,650 --> 00:25:00,650 And so he says, if here's the condition 310 00:25:00,650 --> 00:25:02,450 again, we. 311 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:07,530 May I pause and point out the importance 312 00:25:07,530 --> 00:25:08,810 of that word we. 313 00:25:09,850 --> 00:25:11,650 What does it actually mean? 314 00:25:12,690 --> 00:25:17,790 When God says on seven different occasions in 315 00:25:17,790 --> 00:25:20,930 the latter verses of this chapter, when he 316 00:25:20,930 --> 00:25:24,890 uses the pronoun we, what does he mean? 317 00:25:26,050 --> 00:25:27,850 What does it stand for? 318 00:25:27,850 --> 00:25:36,420 It simply means that the Apostle John is 319 00:25:36,420 --> 00:25:39,800 talking to the people of God. 320 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:45,540 This entire epistle was written for God's people. 321 00:25:47,420 --> 00:25:50,760 You discover that all the way through as 322 00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:51,360 you read it. 323 00:25:52,280 --> 00:25:55,760 It was written for the people of God. 324 00:25:56,660 --> 00:26:00,220 We, we, we, we, we. 325 00:26:01,460 --> 00:26:06,280 That expression, that pronoun is used again and 326 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:07,180 again and again. 327 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,740 If we do this, if we do that, 328 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:14,960 if we confess, if we say, John includes 329 00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:15,500 himself. 330 00:26:17,360 --> 00:26:18,560 And John was saved. 331 00:26:20,060 --> 00:26:21,060 John was a Christian. 332 00:26:22,200 --> 00:26:23,660 He was a beloved disciple. 333 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,360 He followed Jesus Christ. 334 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:35,600 And if we say, John is writing to 335 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:36,940 the people of God. 336 00:26:37,940 --> 00:26:39,300 He's writing to you. 337 00:26:41,670 --> 00:26:42,910 He's writing to me. 338 00:26:44,130 --> 00:26:48,730 What he says is for us, those of 339 00:26:48,730 --> 00:26:49,670 us who are Christians. 340 00:26:50,850 --> 00:26:53,090 And that's why he uses the word we 341 00:26:53,090 --> 00:26:56,710 so often along with the condition if. 342 00:26:58,050 --> 00:27:04,340 If we confess our sins, he is faithful. 343 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:08,520 I say again because he promised. 344 00:27:09,920 --> 00:27:11,180 And just. 345 00:27:12,300 --> 00:27:14,840 And I say again because he atoned. 346 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:17,520 To forgive us. 347 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:20,040 To pardon us. 348 00:27:22,330 --> 00:27:24,190 What would we do without pardon? 349 00:27:25,350 --> 00:27:27,890 What would we do without forgiveness? 350 00:27:29,070 --> 00:27:30,670 Where would we be? 351 00:27:32,330 --> 00:27:34,710 How would we ever be able to stand 352 00:27:34,710 --> 00:27:35,710 before God? 353 00:27:37,430 --> 00:27:39,970 How could we call ourselves Christians? 354 00:27:42,120 --> 00:27:43,780 If it were not for pardon. 355 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:46,920 If it were not forgiven us. 356 00:27:48,100 --> 00:27:51,280 What would we do when we sinned? 357 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:54,080 When we failed God? 358 00:27:56,180 --> 00:27:58,020 When we did something that we ought not 359 00:27:58,020 --> 00:27:58,780 to have done? 360 00:27:58,780 --> 00:28:02,120 With no pardon. 361 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:05,140 With no forgiveness. 362 00:28:06,180 --> 00:28:07,880 What could we do about it? 363 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:10,780 This is God's provision. 364 00:28:12,420 --> 00:28:16,440 His provision for the Christian who has failed. 365 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:18,980 Who has sinned. 366 00:28:19,740 --> 00:28:21,920 If we confess our sins. 367 00:28:22,660 --> 00:28:25,060 He is faithful and just to forgive us 368 00:28:25,060 --> 00:28:25,700 our sins. 369 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:28,600 And not only that. 370 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:34,520 And to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 371 00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:38,580 And he uses the word us. 372 00:28:39,900 --> 00:28:42,900 Again showing that he's talking to the people 373 00:28:42,900 --> 00:28:43,700 of God. 374 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:56,000 And the tenth verse. 375 00:28:56,620 --> 00:28:58,140 Again, if and we. 376 00:28:59,380 --> 00:29:00,940 If we say. 377 00:29:01,460 --> 00:29:02,500 If we claim. 378 00:29:04,780 --> 00:29:07,880 If we say that we have not sinned. 379 00:29:08,780 --> 00:29:11,660 If we try to excuse ourselves. 380 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:16,480 And try to insist that we have not 381 00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:17,460 sinned. 382 00:29:17,980 --> 00:29:22,400 If we say we have not sinned. 383 00:29:22,820 --> 00:29:23,760 What do we do? 384 00:29:23,900 --> 00:29:26,220 What's the result of that assertion? 385 00:29:27,020 --> 00:29:28,440 We make him. 386 00:29:28,980 --> 00:29:33,180 We make him, God, a liar. 387 00:29:34,560 --> 00:29:36,940 Now think of calling God a liar. 388 00:29:38,300 --> 00:29:40,580 But that's exactly what happens. 389 00:29:42,180 --> 00:29:45,840 We make him a liar. 390 00:29:47,380 --> 00:29:51,420 And his word is not in us. 391 00:29:53,120 --> 00:29:55,320 Now who would call God a liar? 392 00:29:57,910 --> 00:30:02,070 But every time that you say that you 393 00:30:02,070 --> 00:30:02,950 have not sinned. 394 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:06,980 That you have never sinned. 395 00:30:09,110 --> 00:30:11,670 You call God a liar. 396 00:30:11,670 --> 00:30:15,960 And his word is not in you. 397 00:30:16,900 --> 00:30:18,580 That's what John says. 398 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:20,980 Clear, plain, unmistakable. 399 00:30:24,540 --> 00:30:27,580 You should read these verses again and again 400 00:30:27,580 --> 00:30:28,300 and again. 401 00:30:29,460 --> 00:30:33,460 Until every verse will grip your heart. 402 00:30:34,260 --> 00:30:37,700 And you'll realize what John is attempting to 403 00:30:37,700 --> 00:30:38,060 say. 404 00:30:39,140 --> 00:30:40,620 My little children. 405 00:30:42,420 --> 00:30:44,440 First verse of the second chapter. 406 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:47,900 Which is the conclusion of what we have 407 00:30:47,900 --> 00:30:50,620 been reading and discussing. 408 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:53,040 My little children. 409 00:30:53,900 --> 00:30:56,520 That's a very intimate expression. 410 00:30:57,980 --> 00:31:00,860 It's the expression used by the people of 411 00:31:00,860 --> 00:31:01,320 Scotland. 412 00:31:02,060 --> 00:31:02,680 Barons. 413 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:06,380 My dear ones. 414 00:31:08,790 --> 00:31:10,230 My saved ones. 415 00:31:11,630 --> 00:31:13,150 My little children. 416 00:31:14,610 --> 00:31:16,290 Referring to all of us. 417 00:31:17,290 --> 00:31:21,830 These things write I unto you. 418 00:31:22,030 --> 00:31:22,670 Why? 419 00:31:24,190 --> 00:31:29,050 Why is John writing these things to us? 420 00:31:30,090 --> 00:31:31,710 Why do we need them? 421 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:35,900 Why is he writing to Christians? 422 00:31:37,100 --> 00:31:38,420 My little children. 423 00:31:39,940 --> 00:31:43,000 These things write I unto you. 424 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:45,120 That ye sin not. 425 00:31:45,120 --> 00:31:47,320 Sin not. 426 00:31:49,490 --> 00:31:51,350 Sin not. 427 00:31:52,330 --> 00:31:53,530 What you say? 428 00:31:54,810 --> 00:31:57,190 Is it possible to live without sin? 429 00:32:00,500 --> 00:32:04,200 Can I make the statement that I sin 430 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:04,680 not? 431 00:32:05,780 --> 00:32:11,820 Is that possible for a man not to 432 00:32:11,820 --> 00:32:12,180 sin? 433 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:23,900 John is speaking here about known conscious sins. 434 00:32:25,060 --> 00:32:27,460 The sins with which we're familiar. 435 00:32:28,980 --> 00:32:33,460 The sins that we ourselves recognize as sins. 436 00:32:34,940 --> 00:32:37,760 The sins about which there is no dispute. 437 00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:41,300 This is sin. 438 00:32:41,300 --> 00:32:43,620 That is sin. 439 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:50,240 And John says that we are not to 440 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:55,900 indulge in things that we know perfectly well 441 00:32:55,900 --> 00:33:00,160 are wrong and sinful. 442 00:33:01,500 --> 00:33:02,960 And that's possible. 443 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,720 I say without any fear of contradiction. 444 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:12,160 You can live a life for God without 445 00:33:12,160 --> 00:33:17,180 yielding to conscious known sins. 446 00:33:19,120 --> 00:33:20,300 I believe that. 447 00:33:22,420 --> 00:33:24,180 I'm not saying that you do it. 448 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:28,680 I'm not saying that you always live such 449 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:29,100 a life. 450 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:31,620 I'm saying it's possible. 451 00:33:32,740 --> 00:33:33,960 It can be done. 452 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:42,200 You can live a life in which you 453 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:52,020 do not commit deliberately, purposely, any conscious known 454 00:33:52,020 --> 00:33:53,100 sin. 455 00:33:54,740 --> 00:33:57,420 Don't try to make the excuse that you 456 00:33:57,420 --> 00:33:58,360 have to sin. 457 00:34:01,530 --> 00:34:02,870 That sin is necessary. 458 00:34:05,370 --> 00:34:08,270 And it's impossible for you to live without 459 00:34:08,270 --> 00:34:10,270 committing known sins. 460 00:34:11,190 --> 00:34:14,290 When it comes to the sins that you 461 00:34:14,290 --> 00:34:20,010 know of which you're conscious, I say without 462 00:34:20,010 --> 00:34:25,469 any fear of contradiction, you and I do 463 00:34:25,469 --> 00:34:28,730 not have to commit those sins. 464 00:34:29,810 --> 00:34:31,969 Those conscious sins. 465 00:34:31,969 --> 00:34:34,710 Those known sins. 466 00:34:35,230 --> 00:34:40,170 It is not necessary that we commit them. 467 00:34:40,770 --> 00:34:43,270 And that's exactly what John is saying here. 468 00:34:43,810 --> 00:34:47,830 My little children, these things write I unto 469 00:34:47,830 --> 00:34:50,650 you that ye sin not. 470 00:34:51,190 --> 00:34:55,170 That's the highest life that you can live. 471 00:34:56,350 --> 00:35:00,150 That's the highest plane upon which you can 472 00:35:00,150 --> 00:35:00,630 dwell. 473 00:35:01,630 --> 00:35:07,130 The place you reach where you no longer 474 00:35:07,130 --> 00:35:11,490 yield to conscious known sin. 475 00:35:12,390 --> 00:35:14,830 That's God's ideal for you. 476 00:35:15,710 --> 00:35:18,190 That's God's plan for your life. 477 00:35:19,450 --> 00:35:22,230 That's what delights the heart of God. 478 00:35:22,890 --> 00:35:25,370 That's the kind of a life that God 479 00:35:25,370 --> 00:35:26,470 wants you to live. 480 00:35:27,470 --> 00:35:31,910 Where you do not yield to conscious known 481 00:35:31,910 --> 00:35:32,590 sin. 482 00:35:33,490 --> 00:35:35,830 These things write I unto you for that 483 00:35:35,830 --> 00:35:36,330 purpose. 484 00:35:37,290 --> 00:35:38,410 That ye sin not. 485 00:35:38,770 --> 00:35:44,230 But, he adds at once, and if any 486 00:35:44,230 --> 00:35:48,610 man sin, you don't have to do it, 487 00:35:48,670 --> 00:35:49,830 but if you do it. 488 00:35:52,550 --> 00:35:54,890 If is put in here. 489 00:35:55,750 --> 00:35:59,910 It's not necessary, but it's possible. 490 00:36:01,290 --> 00:36:03,850 And if you fail God. 491 00:36:04,250 --> 00:36:07,170 If you yield to conscious sin. 492 00:36:07,530 --> 00:36:10,370 If you yield to known sin. 493 00:36:10,930 --> 00:36:13,250 If you do it, what about it? 494 00:36:13,730 --> 00:36:17,450 My little children, these things write I unto 495 00:36:17,450 --> 00:36:18,970 you that ye sin not. 496 00:36:19,090 --> 00:36:22,810 And if any man sin. 497 00:36:23,910 --> 00:36:26,770 And I wonder if there's anyone here this 498 00:36:26,770 --> 00:36:33,710 morning who can conscientiously and honestly say, I 499 00:36:33,710 --> 00:36:36,830 have never committed a conscious sin since I 500 00:36:36,830 --> 00:36:37,750 became a Christian. 501 00:36:40,190 --> 00:36:43,770 I have never committed a known sin since 502 00:36:43,770 --> 00:36:46,250 I became a follower of the Lord Jesus 503 00:36:46,250 --> 00:36:46,890 Christ. 504 00:36:48,860 --> 00:36:52,100 Is there any such individual in this congregation? 505 00:36:52,100 --> 00:36:55,740 Or is it not true? 506 00:36:56,940 --> 00:37:00,740 That at some time or other, since you 507 00:37:00,740 --> 00:37:06,560 became a Christian, you committed some known conscious 508 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:07,780 sin. 509 00:37:08,020 --> 00:37:10,480 Something that you knew was wrong. 510 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:12,140 You committed it. 511 00:37:13,340 --> 00:37:14,560 Now what's going to happen? 512 00:37:15,700 --> 00:37:17,060 What's going to take place? 513 00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:18,980 If you do that. 514 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:21,600 Well this is what John says. 515 00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:26,200 My little children, these things write I unto 516 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:27,720 you that ye sin not. 517 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:34,180 And, or but, if any man sin. 518 00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:37,140 Any Christian that means. 519 00:37:38,700 --> 00:37:40,980 He's not talking about the unsaved. 520 00:37:42,060 --> 00:37:44,780 He's talking about the Christians, and only about 521 00:37:44,780 --> 00:37:45,420 the Christians. 522 00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:48,780 If any man sin. 523 00:37:49,740 --> 00:37:51,780 We have an advocate. 524 00:37:52,600 --> 00:37:54,280 Thank God for that. 525 00:37:55,540 --> 00:37:57,620 That ought to make us say hallelujah. 526 00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:00,360 We have an advocate. 527 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:03,200 We have an intercessor. 528 00:38:05,950 --> 00:38:08,130 We have one who takes our part. 529 00:38:10,450 --> 00:38:12,510 We have one who is on our side. 530 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:19,840 We have one who intercedes for us. 531 00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:23,640 If any man sin. 532 00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:26,780 Even if you sin. 533 00:38:27,740 --> 00:38:29,020 And it's deliberate. 534 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:31,480 And you know it's a sin. 535 00:38:32,100 --> 00:38:34,300 And you're conscious of the fact that it's 536 00:38:34,300 --> 00:38:34,820 a sin. 537 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:36,500 If in your weakness. 538 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:40,260 If you're overcome by temptation. 539 00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:43,360 And if you commit a sin. 540 00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:45,640 What happens then? 541 00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:48,280 Does God throw you away and cast you 542 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:50,400 off and disown you? 543 00:38:54,060 --> 00:38:55,320 No, he doesn't. 544 00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:56,320 And why not? 545 00:38:57,520 --> 00:38:59,620 Because you have a go-between. 546 00:39:02,510 --> 00:39:04,110 You have an advocate. 547 00:39:05,730 --> 00:39:07,830 You have an intercessor. 548 00:39:09,510 --> 00:39:13,570 You have one who stands between you and 549 00:39:13,570 --> 00:39:14,190 God. 550 00:39:15,890 --> 00:39:19,170 You have an advocate with the Father. 551 00:39:20,710 --> 00:39:22,290 The Father God. 552 00:39:23,750 --> 00:39:27,250 An advocate to plead your cause. 553 00:39:28,210 --> 00:39:30,370 To intercede on your behalf. 554 00:39:31,450 --> 00:39:32,930 What would you do if that were not 555 00:39:32,930 --> 00:39:33,510 the case? 556 00:39:34,750 --> 00:39:36,270 Suppose you should sin. 557 00:39:38,370 --> 00:39:40,390 And you had nobody to plead for you. 558 00:39:41,690 --> 00:39:47,630 You had no lawyer to handle your case. 559 00:39:50,220 --> 00:39:52,060 No one would become your lawyer. 560 00:39:53,380 --> 00:39:55,120 No one would intercede. 561 00:39:56,480 --> 00:39:58,280 No one would be your advocate. 562 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:00,200 What would you do about it? 563 00:40:01,080 --> 00:40:02,180 How would you get through? 564 00:40:03,580 --> 00:40:05,380 But John says no. 565 00:40:06,740 --> 00:40:09,760 He says if by any chance a man 566 00:40:09,760 --> 00:40:11,240 does commit a sin. 567 00:40:12,190 --> 00:40:14,180 Even though it's a known sin. 568 00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:17,560 A sin of which he is conscious. 569 00:40:19,040 --> 00:40:23,640 We, Christians again, Christians, we. 570 00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:31,740 We have an advocate with the Father. 571 00:40:32,780 --> 00:40:34,700 One to intercede for us. 572 00:40:35,450 --> 00:40:40,720 And he, Jesus Christ our advocate, is the 573 00:40:40,720 --> 00:40:41,700 propitiation. 574 00:40:43,780 --> 00:40:46,260 And that word means the mercy seat. 575 00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:49,020 The mercy seat. 576 00:40:49,660 --> 00:40:51,560 Not the judgment seat. 577 00:40:52,560 --> 00:40:53,880 But the mercy seat. 578 00:40:54,880 --> 00:41:00,580 He comes between the sinner or the sinning 579 00:41:00,580 --> 00:41:03,420 Christian and God. 580 00:41:05,100 --> 00:41:06,400 The mercy seat. 581 00:41:08,020 --> 00:41:12,820 The propitiation for our sins. 582 00:41:14,040 --> 00:41:15,920 Thank God for an advocate. 583 00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:19,740 Thank God for an intercessor. 584 00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:24,180 Thank God for one who comes between. 585 00:41:26,020 --> 00:41:28,780 Thank God for Jesus Christ. 586 00:41:29,860 --> 00:41:32,540 Who because of his death on Calvary's cross. 587 00:41:33,420 --> 00:41:36,600 Can now say to God, his Father and 588 00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:37,400 your Father. 589 00:41:38,720 --> 00:41:42,680 Father, he has sinned. 590 00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:45,040 She has sinned. 591 00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:48,260 But Father, there's my blood. 592 00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:51,680 That blood was shed. 593 00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:54,520 For her, for him. 594 00:41:56,340 --> 00:41:57,520 Don't look at him. 595 00:41:58,660 --> 00:41:59,900 Don't look at her. 596 00:42:01,500 --> 00:42:02,540 Look at the blood. 597 00:42:03,900 --> 00:42:05,320 Look at my blood. 598 00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:08,320 Look at the blood I've shed. 599 00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:12,440 Let that blood atone. 600 00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,100 Let that blood come between. 601 00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:19,740 Let that blood cleanse. 602 00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:22,700 Look at the blood. 603 00:42:24,260 --> 00:42:26,940 He is the propitiation for our sins. 604 00:42:28,080 --> 00:42:29,240 And he is. 605 00:42:30,660 --> 00:42:32,680 My friend, if you have sinned. 606 00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:34,460 You have an advocate. 607 00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:38,760 You have one who is a propitiation. 608 00:42:40,580 --> 00:42:42,700 Between you and God the Father. 609 00:42:42,700 --> 00:42:47,480 And God himself was the one who provided 610 00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:48,780 that propitiation. 611 00:42:49,820 --> 00:42:51,260 Who gave his son. 612 00:42:52,020 --> 00:42:53,660 That there might be an advocate. 613 00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:56,920 And you might be forgiven. 614 00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:01,480 And even though you failed God since you 615 00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:02,260 were saved. 616 00:43:03,520 --> 00:43:06,520 Jesus Christ your advocate pleads for you and 617 00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:07,640 takes your side. 618 00:43:09,300 --> 00:43:10,560 He's on your side. 619 00:43:14,230 --> 00:43:15,870 He wants you to be forgiven. 620 00:43:17,670 --> 00:43:20,090 He wants you to be pardoned. 621 00:43:22,150 --> 00:43:24,390 And if you go to him at once. 622 00:43:25,490 --> 00:43:27,190 The moment you fail. 623 00:43:29,030 --> 00:43:31,450 There will be no break in the harmony. 624 00:43:34,290 --> 00:43:34,930 None whatever. 625 00:43:36,290 --> 00:43:37,790 Your sin will be forgiven. 626 00:43:39,070 --> 00:43:40,850 You'll be cleansed in the blood of the 627 00:43:40,850 --> 00:43:42,090 Lord Jesus Christ. 628 00:43:43,070 --> 00:43:45,390 And cleansed from all sin. 629 00:43:46,490 --> 00:43:48,330 Because you have an advocate. 630 00:43:49,230 --> 00:43:51,310 Jesus Christ the righteous. 631 00:43:52,550 --> 00:43:54,410 Not for ours only. 632 00:43:55,630 --> 00:43:58,150 But also for the sins of the whole 633 00:43:58,150 --> 00:43:58,710 world. 634 00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:03,260 And no one can say. 635 00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:06,500 I'm absolutely hopeless. 636 00:44:08,590 --> 00:44:10,270 There is no hope for me. 637 00:44:11,610 --> 00:44:13,550 No one can ever say that. 638 00:44:15,530 --> 00:44:17,010 Because you have. 639 00:44:18,190 --> 00:44:21,510 One who is willing to become your advocate. 640 00:44:21,510 --> 00:44:24,430 When he becomes your savior. 641 00:44:25,710 --> 00:44:28,030 And when you accept him. 642 00:44:29,130 --> 00:44:30,430 As your savior. 643 00:44:31,510 --> 00:44:34,110 He automatically becomes your advocate. 644 00:44:35,570 --> 00:44:38,830 And if by any chance you fail God. 645 00:44:40,110 --> 00:44:42,690 If by any chance you sin after you've 646 00:44:42,690 --> 00:44:43,450 been saved. 647 00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:49,820 You can go to God through Jesus Christ. 648 00:44:51,220 --> 00:44:55,660 And Jesus Christ your advocate will take up 649 00:44:55,660 --> 00:44:56,460 your case. 650 00:44:57,420 --> 00:45:00,660 And plead with the Father on your behalf. 651 00:45:03,070 --> 00:45:05,290 And that sin of yours will be forgiven. 652 00:45:07,010 --> 00:45:08,450 And you'll be pardoned. 653 00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:11,980 And you'll go on. 654 00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:16,900 And live for Jesus Christ and for God. 655 00:45:17,660 --> 00:45:19,880 As though you had never sinned. 656 00:45:21,770 --> 00:45:24,970 That's a provision God has made. 657 00:45:26,430 --> 00:45:27,550 For Christians. 658 00:45:28,410 --> 00:45:30,290 Who fall into sin. 659 00:45:31,630 --> 00:45:33,490 Now God doesn't want you to fall into 660 00:45:33,490 --> 00:45:33,870 sin. 661 00:45:34,810 --> 00:45:37,470 It's not God's plan that you should sin. 662 00:45:38,810 --> 00:45:41,230 God wants you to live on a higher 663 00:45:41,230 --> 00:45:41,710 level. 664 00:45:43,110 --> 00:45:44,810 Above the power of sin. 665 00:45:45,030 --> 00:45:46,030 But if you fail. 666 00:45:46,610 --> 00:45:47,730 If you fall. 667 00:45:50,350 --> 00:45:52,790 Then thank God there's hope. 668 00:45:54,510 --> 00:45:55,610 There's an advocate. 669 00:45:56,850 --> 00:45:58,590 Jesus Christ the righteous. 670 00:46:00,090 --> 00:46:02,070 And he'll take up your case. 671 00:46:03,450 --> 00:46:04,910 And he'll become your lawyer. 672 00:46:06,370 --> 00:46:08,550 And he'll plead on your behalf. 673 00:46:09,830 --> 00:46:12,110 And that sin of yours will be forgiven. 674 00:46:15,060 --> 00:46:16,440 And you'll be cleansed. 675 00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:20,580 And you can still go on and live 676 00:46:20,580 --> 00:46:21,820 utterly and wholly. 677 00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:25,000 For the Lord Jesus Christ. 678 00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:27,640 My friend. 679 00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:30,180 This should give you encouragement. 680 00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:33,680 And if you fail God. 681 00:46:35,540 --> 00:46:37,700 You should know now that there's hope for 682 00:46:37,700 --> 00:46:37,880 you. 683 00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:40,620 That God has made provision. 684 00:46:44,090 --> 00:46:45,850 That God will meet your need. 685 00:46:47,490 --> 00:46:50,230 If we confess our sins. 686 00:46:51,470 --> 00:46:54,230 He is faithful and just to forgive us 687 00:46:54,230 --> 00:46:55,170 our sins. 688 00:46:56,330 --> 00:47:02,850 And to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 689 00:47:03,710 --> 00:47:06,330 Shall we bow together in prayer. 690 00:47:08,930 --> 00:47:10,210 Our loving Heavenly Father. 691 00:47:10,370 --> 00:47:12,930 Will thou take thy word and seal it 692 00:47:12,930 --> 00:47:14,970 in our hearts and in our minds. 693 00:47:14,970 --> 00:47:17,310 Give us the illumination of the Holy Spirit 694 00:47:17,310 --> 00:47:18,430 to understand it. 695 00:47:19,290 --> 00:47:21,110 And when we see it help us to 696 00:47:21,110 --> 00:47:22,410 respond to it. 697 00:47:22,990 --> 00:47:25,330 And to do the thing that God is 698 00:47:25,330 --> 00:47:27,490 asking us through his word to do. 699 00:47:27,610 --> 00:47:30,930 We thank thee for the cleansing power of 700 00:47:30,930 --> 00:47:32,390 the blood of Jesus Christ. 701 00:47:33,090 --> 00:47:35,350 That is available to us this morning. 702 00:47:36,190 --> 00:47:37,570 In Jesus name. 703 00:47:38,130 --> 00:47:38,430 Amen.