If we are on God’s side then sin will not abound. With the Lord in our heart there will be no willful sin in our lives. We head what John said when he taught, 1“my little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” What this means is Jesus can help us but we must also decide stop sinning and repent. His sacrifice for sins can cover those that follow Him. There 1“is the propitiation for our sins, but we must allow His blood to cover us. We need to look at our lives and the time we spend doing things. Are we an example of our faith or a stumbling to those around us? Understand that if you seek the Spirit of God in your life, then you will also allow Him to cleanse you of all sin. You will be open for confession of all your sins. With Jesus in our hearts, there is forgiveness for the things we have done. This has led us to walk differently. We no longer live in the world and yield to the 1“lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life.” We understand that the world will one day pass away, 1“and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.” A life led by the Lord is different, for we live a life for Christ. Anybody living differently is 1“of the world” and not of God. These people are not saved but are in danger of His wrath, while in this life and in judgement. Know that when we believe in Christ, it is meaningful. We are no longer living for the flesh but in the Spirit.
If we are to believe that we know God personally, then we are also living in His will. There is a conviction 1“that we know him, if we keep his commandments.” If we do not keep His laws, then we are 1“a liar, and the truth is not” in us. Those that read the Bible and do what the Word of God teaches, have 1“the love of God perfected.” That is the only way we can say that we know the Lord. We are taught to abide in the Lord and by so doing we also 1“walk, even as he walked.” In this new walk 1“the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.” We are no longer of the world but are grafted into the fold of Christ. Those that say they are 1“in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.” Don’t be deceived and make yourself a liar, only those people that love their 1“brother abideth in the light.” Those in Christ Jesus do not stumble or make others stumble also, because of our love for them. Where is there is hate, God is not there. 2“God is love” and therefore, anger casteth Him away from our lives. Please understand that 1“He that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness.” There ground is not on solid ground I fear for their soul. This is because these people 1“knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.” It is my prayer that you allow the Lord tear out all the hatred from your heart. Only then can His love come in, and change your love. Say sorry to those you’ve hurt and there is forgiveness also from God.
Let us pray:
Oh Lord, may your love come now and become even stronger in my life and the lives of those around me. May this love transform the way I speak and act around other people. May they see You, when they see me. May they feel Your love in my presence. I pray that Your love will cast aside all hatred and bitterness from my heart. May I never be so bitter as to not forgive those that offend me. When I am in the wrong, may I see it so clearly that I tell the other person sorry for what I have done. May my sins convict me to the very soul, that I may be found in prayer and confession to You. I know that as I live in Your perfect will, temptation will have no power over me. Even sin will not abound, for You are there to protect me. Lord, I love Your ways. I love Your commandments. Help me to remember them and to keep them always. I pray that Your ways are my ways. I love You. Amen.
Let us read the Bible:
Note: Any Numbered References, found above, are listed below
11 John 2:1-17 (KJV)
1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.
14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
21 John 4:7:21 (KJV)
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
