It's a blessing to gather together,
isn't it? It really is. Open your Bibles, if you would,
to 1 John. 1 John. We'll continue our study
in this wonderful book. 1 John, Chapter 1. Tonight, we should finish Chapter
1, so that in the New Year, when we gather back together, we'll
be in Chapter 2. Chapter 2. The name of the message is confessing
our sins. Confessing our sins. First John chapter 1, we're going
to read from verses 5. From verses 5 to chapter 2, verse 2. This then is the message which
we have heard of Him. and declare unto you that God is light and in Him
is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship
with Him and walk in darkness, we lie and do not the truth. But if we walk in the light,
as He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another in
the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son cleanses us from all sin.
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. 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." Oh, praise God. Jesus Christ, the righteous. He is the propitiation for our
sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the
whole world. Last week we looked at verse
7, Along with verse 6, and we saw John bringing forth the difference
between the false professor, the false professor, and the
possessor of true faith in Christ, the born-again, blood-washed
saint of God. And we looked also at how the
believer in Christ walks in the light, walks in the light. We walk in Christ. We walk in
Christ. We have fellowship with the Father
through the Son. And we have fellowship one with
another through the Lord Jesus Christ. Through Him. It's always through Christ. We
also rejoice to see that the blood-bought saints of God, their
sins have been cleansed by the precious blood of the Lord Jesus
Christ. And that all our sins have been
forgiven. All our sins. The sacrifice of
our great Redeemer, the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ, who
was God incarnate in the flesh, by His substitutionary sacrifice
on Calvary's cross, in the place of His people, He and He alone,
by the shedding of His precious blood, has cleansed His people
from all their sins. From all their sins. And again, we see that the Lord
Jesus Christ has accomplished, as we looked at on Sunday, a
perfect, complete, perfect, complete, God-satisfying atonement in our
place, in our place, in the place of His people. And the Scriptures
proclaim this, this truth, because it's the blood of the Lord Jesus
Christ that cleanses us from all sin. It's the blood of God's
Lamb. of God's Lamb, the perfect, sinless
sacrifice. With that in mind, let's read
our text again. This then is the message which
we have heard of him and declare unto you that God is light and
in him is no darkness at all. He's perfect. He's absolutely
sinless. That's our God. He's holy. He's
righteous. He's the almighty one. If we
say that we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness, we
lie and do not the truth. If we say we have fellowship
with Him, and remember we looked at that as the trend of our life,
right? If the trend of our life is darkness
and sin, then we lie and do not the truth. But if we walk in the light,
as He is in the light, we have fellowship, one with another,
In the blood of Jesus Christ, his son cleanses us from all
sin. We say we have no sin. We deceive
ourselves. And the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins. 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 we have not sinned,
we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. Notice the contrast
here. My little children, these things
write I unto you that you sin not, and if any man sin, we have
an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And
he is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only,
but also for the sins of the whole world. Now take note of
something we see here in verses six, eight, and 10. of 1 John
1. Take note of this in verses 6,
8, and 10. Look at these words, if we say. Now, we know that these words
here are speaking about false professors, if we say. John, by inspiration of the Holy
Spirit of God, is testing the Christian profession here. Those
who claim various things. Take note of verse 6. Some claim
to have fellowship with God and walk in darkness. Some claim
that they do not sin, but we know they're deceived. We see
that in verse 8. Some claim that they have not
sinned and they make God a liar and his word is not in them.
If we say. This is speaking of mere professors. But note in verses 7 and 9 and
verse 1 of chapter 2, the absence of the words, if we say. Because
these verses are speaking about true Christians. But if we walk in the light as
He is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood
of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanses us from all sin. Then verse 9,
if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive
us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. And
in verse 2, 1, or verse 1 of chapter 2, my little children,
these things write unto you that you sin not, and if any man sin,
we have an advocate. with the Father, Jesus Christ,
the righteous. So the apostle is here before
us contrasting the true believer in the Lord Jesus Christ from
the mere false professor. He's stripping off the mask of
the hypocrite, beloved. And you know what? This is all
by inspiration of the Holy Spirit of God. Never forget that. That John penned these words
under inspiration of the Holy Spirit of God. Those spoken of in verses 6,
8, and 10 of chapter 1 are guilty of making an empty boast. A false
profession. And they're charged with falsehood. And John has brought forth the
difference between genuine Christians, and note the privileges that
the genuine Christians have. They walk in the light. They
walk in Christ. They confess their sins. They confess their
sins. And they also have an advocate
with the Father. We have a mediator. We have a mediator, Jesus Christ,
the righteous. So John is here drawing a contrast. We see him do that in this epistle.
He also addresses the children of God as fathers, young men,
and little children. He often draws contrasts. Look
over in chapter two, verses 16 and 17. He makes the things of
the world. He brings them forth in contrast
to the things of God. In verses 16 and 17, we're going
to see this throughout this book. John is often drawn contrast.
Look at this. For all that is in the world,
the less of the flesh, the less of the eyes and the pride of
life. He summed up right there. The things of the world. is not
of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passes away
in the luster of, but he that doeth the will of God abideth
forever. See, there's the contrast. It's not of the Father, it's
of the world. Let's go back to verse eight
now. With that in mind, we'll read verse seven as well. But
if we walk in the light as he is in the light, We have fellowship
one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses
us from all sin. And then note in verse 8, if
we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not
in us. We who believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, we rejoice in the truth, don't we? We rejoice in the truth
of verse 7, that all our sins are forgiven. We rejoice in that
truth. We rejoice in the fact that we
are washed clean by the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. But we also know that as long
as we're in this world, we're gonna battle with sin, aren't
we? We're gonna battle with sin. And verse eight brings forth
that if one says they are no longer a sinner, even after they're
saved, they're deceived. I've ran into a few of these
people through the years. I remember one specifically that
I ran into out in Oregon. I call him a liar because he
was lying. He says, since the Lord saved
me, I've never sinned. And I've told you guys this story.
I asked him, I said, are you married? And he said, yeah. I
said, have you ever got angry with your wife? You're toast. He is, isn't he? It's over. It's over. Yeah, we're sinners. To our shame, we're sinners,
but there'll be a day when we won't sin no more. As long as
we're in this flesh, as long as we're in this flesh, beloved,
we will not be free from sin. We will not be free from sin. We're not free from the sinful
nature, we're not free from the sin that proceeds from the nature
from that nature, and the book of Romans makes that very clear.
Turn, if you would, to Romans chapter three. It's very clear.
We've looked at this before, but I think it's profitable for
us to look at it again. It's very, very clear in Romans
chapter three that the whole world is guilty before God. And
we know that even after we're saved, we're just safe sinners.
We're just safe sinners. We struggle. That's why if you
confess your sins, he's faithful and just. to forgive us our sins
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Now that, judicially, our sins
are already forgiven. But we as believers confess our
sin. We'll look at that later on. We confess our sin. Our sins
are forgiven and bought and paid for at Calvary's Cross, but we
still confess our sin to the Lord. We confess that we're just
but sinners. And when we sin, we go to him and we beg for mercy
still, don't we? We do. We do. Look at Romans
chapter three, verses nine to 12. Very clear. What then? Are we better than they? No and
no wise, for we have before proved, both Jews and Gentiles, that
they are all under sin." Jews and Gentiles, that's everyone. As it is written, there is none
righteous, no not one. That's pretty clear, isn't it?
The problem, as I've said before, the problem is people just don't
believe what the Bible says. They don't believe there's none
righteous, but that's what the scripture declares. That's what
the Bible declares. This is why we need a savior,
because there's none righteous. There's none righteous. No, not
one. Praise God, we're made righteous
by the righteousness of Christ. That's the only way we're righteous,
isn't it? But in our natural state, there's none righteous,
no, not one. Look at this, there's none that understand it. No one
can come to the conclusion or to know about God or Christ on
our own. No amount of learning or reading
will teach us who Christ is. He must reveal himself. The gospel's
a revelation, beloved. It's a revelation. He must reveal
himself to us. And then look at this, there's
none that seeketh after God. That means what it says. There's
no one that seeks God. No one. So you see the folly
there of God's waiting for you to make a decision. No one will
ever make a decision to turn to Christ, left in their own.
But if we're made willing, We're run to Christ. We're flee to
Christ. We're look to Christ. And we're
made willing in the day of God's power. There is none that understand. There is none that seeketh after
God. They are all gone out of the way. They are all together
become unprofitable. There is none that doeth good. No, not
one. That's the state of man. And
you know what? Like I said on Sunday, this offends
people. Don't offend me. Because that's
where I was. And I'm still a sinner, but I'm
a sinner saved by grace. Praise God. Praise God. Oh, I rejoice. So John, by inspiration
of the Holy Spirit of God, having told the church that the blood
of Christ cleanses from all sin, let's go back to our text. He's
told the church of God, That the blood of Jesus Christ
cleanses from all sin the guilt of our sins is gone The guilt
of our sins is gone. The penalty of our sins is gone
because Christ paid it all He paid it all John brings forth
here that the presence of our sin is not gone Because the same
still sins and still struggles against it and if one says they
do not sin They're lying and they know not the truth And we will sin until the day
the Lord calls us home. And then, praise be to His mighty
name, we will be absolutely free from sin. I was talking to your
dear brother on the phone yesterday, and we were talking about Brother
Drew, and we were talking about how we can't even really wrap
our minds around. We'll be absolutely free from
sin. Absolutely free. We won't sin no more. Oh my,
and we'll be in the presence of the one who's the sinless
one. The one who's made us righteous.
The one who redeemed us with his precious blood. Oh, what
a day that'll be. What a day that'll be. And we'll
struggle with sin, no? We'll struggle with sin until
the day the Lord calls us home. And then we'll be free from sin,
and you know what we'll do? We're gonna shout for joy, beloved.
We're going to shout for joy. We're going to give praise to
our great God and King. We're going to praise our Redeemer
for eternity, for what he's done for us. We'll be worshiping him
and adoring him for eternity. Oh, it'll be a great day. And I ask you who believe, do
you not know this to be true? That we're sinners? Do you not
know? Do I not know that? Do we not know this to be true? That we sin every day. Does not
sin bother you now when it never used to? John brings forth, if
we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not
in us. Well, some may say, well, I've not sinned today, really?
Let's consider some things. Is pride sin? Well, you say, I'm not proud,
I'm humble. Well, that exposes your pride. Because if we think
we're humble, we're full of pride. Is not shortness of temper sin?
Are we not supposed to be meek and long-suffering? But sometimes
what happens, we go off like 4th of July fireworks, don't
we? Sometimes. Sometimes. That's sin. Is not unbelief sin? Is there
anyone here who's not guilty of unbelief at one time or another?
Well, that's sin, eh? Is not gossip a sin? Is not envy
a sin? What about jealousy? That's a
sin, too. It's not covetous sin. Paul said
it's like idolatry. Is not indifference sin? Is not
greed sin? Is not lying in an exaggerating
way sin? Lying is a sin, but exaggerating
is a sin, too. Oh, my. Is not lust sin? Selfishness is sin. Well, that
does us all in right there, eh? See, we're sinners. We're sinners. Oh, boy. Paul wrote, as we saw
there in Romans, we're all guilty. You see, when you start listing
things, that's just a little wee bit. You see the folly of
people who say, I don't sin no more. Just don't even go there. You don't even know, you're deceiving
yourself. Like John said. Oh my. I don't need to say any
more, because we're already all going, yeah, that's me. That's
me. Oh my. Paul wrote, we're all guilty
of sin. But we're not all alike, are we? We're not all alike.
We have different personalities, each one of us. And where you
may be strong in a place, I may be weak. And where I may be strong,
you may be weak. That's just how it is. But we're all sinners. But we're
all sinners. We're all sinners while we're
in this flesh. Spurgeon said this, I like this. Spurgeon said
this about God's elect. Sinners in name, sinners by nature. Sinners in name, sinners by nature. But thanks be to God, I'm a sinner
saved by grace. I like that. I like that. I'll read it again. I like that
a lot. That's me. Is it you? Sinners in the name,
sinners by nature. But thanks be to God, I'm a sinner
saved by grace. Boy, there's a lot there, isn't
there? So here's our personal application. And think upon what
comfort verse seven can bring. It brings to the children of
God the we are born again, who are born again. It brings to
us knowing that although we struggle with sin every day, and we do,
don't we? We struggle with sin every day. Every day. There's
not a minute that goes by when we don't struggle with sin. There's not a second that goes
by when we don't struggle with sin. We really get down to it.
But we struggle with sin, beloved. We struggle with sin. But here's
the blessedness that we can get and draw from verse seven. That
in Christ. All our sins are forgiven. All
our sins are forgiven. Knowing that we are cleansed
by the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ and even even
as we grow and understand, you grow and understand all the time.
All the time. Even when we groan under sin,
which we're conscious of now when we weren't conscious of
it before, we never groaned over sin before the Lord saved us,
but since we've been born again by the Holy Spirit of God, now
we groan over our sin. We groan over our sin. We groan
over the indwelling corruption and sin each day that we commit. But think about the truth of
verse 7 and the fact of the statement that the blood of the Lord Jesus
Christ cleanses us from all sin. Cleanses us from all sin. This
will give the believer strength as we struggle. Strength as we
struggle. As we battle the flesh every
day. And beloved of God, each day
the born-again believer delights in the things of God, don't we?
We delight in the things of God. And the truths of God. We delight
in the truths of God. Well, all the time there is a
war between the spirit and the flesh. Is it not so for you? We struggle with sin every day,
but praise be to God, the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ cleanses
us from all sin. All sin. What happens to the
believer, knowing that we are sinners, and knowing even after
we are saved, we sin against God, and we see in verse 9, what
happens? We confess our sin. We confess
our sin, don't we? We confess our sin. Is it not
so true? Is this not true, beloved? When
we're convicted of our sin by the Holy Spirit of God, do we
not confess our sin to our God? Oh, what a change that God rots. Oh. And this does not mean that we
confess our sins one to another, no, we confess our sins to our
great God. We confess our sins to our great
King. We are bought to know what we
are. We are bought to know what we
are. And what do we do? We take sides with God against
ourselves, don't we? We do. We confess to Him that
we have sinned and that we are still sinners. And the believer
is the one who has a contrite heart, a contrite heart, and
is daily bought before our Savior, confessing our sinfulness, but
praising Him for His mercy, and for His love, and for His grace,
which is poured out upon us daily, isn't it? Daily in and through
the Lord Jesus Christ. Oh, what a Savior. Oh, what a
Redeemer is Jesus Christ our Lord. Now, there are six things
There's more than this. There's more than this. But here's
six things to ponder that every true believer has in common.
Every true believer has in common. First, every true believer loves
the Word of God. We love this Word. We love this
book from beginning to end. Even the processes we don't understand
and the things that give us a hard time sometimes, where we go,
but we're being convicted of who we are and what we are, and
we bow our knee to the Scripture. We love the Scriptures. We love
the Word of God. The whole Word of God. Because
it's the foundation of our faith. It's the foundation of our faith.
And God's people love the Word of God. They cherish it. They
cherish the Scriptures. because it's given by the inspiration
of God. Number two, every true believer
fears the Lord, but this is not a slavish fear, but this is a
reverent fear. We have an awe of who God is.
We have an awe of who God is. Because we know that he is the
almighty one. We know that he is the all-powerful
one. We know that he is all-knowing. We know that he's omnipresent.
He's everywhere and all the time. We know that. Because He's revealed
it to us. Because He's revealed it to us.
He's revealed Himself to us. And what does God's people do?
What do we do as believers? We bow down before Him, don't
we? We worship Him and we adore Him. The third thing that believers
have in common is that they cast themselves wholly and completely
without reservation. Wholly and completely without
reservation on the mercy of God in Christ Jesus alone. He alone is all our redemption.
He alone is the believer's hope. He alone is our righteousness.
And we cast ourselves wholly and completely upon Him. And
the fourth thing that every true believer has in common is they
love the brethren. They love the brethren. The Lord said in John 13.35,
By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples. if you love
one to another. This will be evident. It'll be
evident that the believers love one another. It'll be evident. The fifth thing that every believer
has in common is that they have an understanding. Well, it's
not complete while we're here on this earth. We know in part
though, don't we? We know in part. We've been given
an understanding of the person and the work of the Lord Jesus
Christ. It is He who has redeemed our
souls. And we know that the Son of God has come and has given
us an understanding that we may know Him that is true and that
we are in Him that is true. And in His Son, Jesus Christ,
and this is the true God and this is eternal life. We now see the wisdom of God. We now see the wisdom and power
of God in Christ. We didn't before, but now we
do. We see the righteousness of God, the justice of God, the
mercy and peace of God in Christ. And we now have an understanding
of how that in Christ the Holy God could be just and justifier
of those who believe on Christ. And as we grow in grace, our
understanding of Him grows. And we know, because as our understanding
grows, we know that outside of Him, that being Christ, there
is no justification before God. There is no forgiveness of our
sins. And we see how God in His righteousness, mercy, and love
can justify a sinner in Christ. And the sixth thing that every
believer has in common is what we see in verse 9. We know we're all sinners. We
know we're all sinners. We know that we're struggling
in this flesh. We know this. And we confess before our holy
God that we are but sinners saved by the grace of God. And John
is bringing forth in this verse again. that we have a constant
conflict, a constant struggle, inwardly and outwardly, with
the old nature, with sin, and with the flesh, and we confess
our sins to our great God. Look at verse nine. If we confess
our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive
us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. How comforting this is for the
believer. You ever find yourself wondering
if you're saved because we're such sinners? You ever find yourself saying,
how could the Lord save me when I am such a sinner? Do you know the believer in Christ
can never lose their salvation? Can never lose the advocate that
we have? Because it's God who keeps us.
See, if it was based upon us, right, we'd be in a heap of trouble,
wouldn't we? We would be. But it's all upon
Christ. It's all based upon what he's
done. All based upon what he's done.
We know that not a day goes by or an hour goes by when the believer
does not sin, because we see here if we confess our sins,
he's faithful and just, forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness. Not a day goes by, not an hour
goes by, Not a minute, not a second that goes by when we don't sin. But we never lose our salvation. We never lose our salvation.
We never lose our advocate. He will never abandon us because
our great God, as we see here in this verse, is faithful and
just. He's faithful and just. And note in chapter 2, verse
1 and 2, it does not say if any man is righteous, he has an advocate,
does it? It doesn't say that, does it?
No, it says if any man sins, he has an advocate. And this
is speaking about believers. Oh, I love this. How comforting
this is. 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.
That's my advocate. Is He yours? That's my advocate
before God. The only advocate God is happy
with and satisfied in. The Lord Jesus Christ. Not only
is He my Redeemer, not only is He my Savior, Not only is He
my mediator, not only is He my surety, but He's my advocate,
beloved, and if you're saved, He's your advocate too, and He's
all those things to you. Isn't that wonderful? It's absolutely wonderful. Absolutely
wonderful. And look at this, He's a propitiation
for our sins. He satisfied God's wrath and
justice and law in our lives. Not for ours only, but also for
the sins of the whole world. All his people. Out of every
tribe, kindred, tongue and nation. He's the propitiation for God's
love. It's wonderful. It's absolutely
wonderful. Think of this, beloved. Think
of this, you who are born again, saint of God. Blood washed. All our sins have been forgiven
in Christ. All of them. Past, present, future. Because again, all our sins were
future, wasn't it, at Calvary's Cross? Christ cried out, it is
finished. You're bought and paid for. You're purchased in the blood
of Jesus Christ cleanses you from all sin. Now, you say that,
right? And people say, well, well, then
you're saying you're saying you can go out there and do whatever.
Did I ever say that? No. Did any grace preacher ever
say that? No. The love of Christ constraints, you always got to
bring that in because it's true, isn't it? But we know we're sinners,
don't we? But praise God, we're saved. We're saved by the grace of God.
Saved. Saved. What a word. Saved. The blood of Jesus Christ has
cleansed us from all unrighteousness. Again, this does not give us
a license to go and sin, but what comfort is drawn here for
the saint of God. What comfort is found in these
verses. What joy this can bring the believer
in Christ. Know that God saves us and keeps
us in Christ alone. Take note of the latter part
of verse nine. He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. He is faithful and just. That's our God. So in verse 9 here, we have the
sincere confession of the believer in Christ. In verse 6 and 8 and
10, we have the insincere confession of the mere professor. Let's
look at those again, who has, by their own words, unveiled
who they really are. Look at verse 6. If we say that
we have fellowship with Him and walk in darkness, we lie and
do not truth. So if the trend of their life
is to sin, and they say, well, I'm sinning, The scripture says they're lying. If we say we have no sin, look
at verse eight, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. Well,
what do God's people say? We say we're sinners, don't we?
Not to be proud of it. We say we're sinners, but we're
saved by the grace of God, and we just are in awe that God would
save us. And then look at verse 10, if
we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word
is not in us. So someone says they don't sin,
they're making God a liar. Think of the multitudes of unsaved
people out there who say, I'm a good person. You tell them they're a sinner,
they get mad at you. Trust me, I know, I've talked to enough
of them. Some of them will spit at you, some of them will get
just hopping mad. You calling me a sinner? Yeah.
God does. We saw that in Romans chapter
3, didn't we? We're all of a sin if we come short of the glory
of God. Preachers just repeat what God says. We're just declaring
a report. What the scriptures say. Not
my opinion. Not your opinion. But what does
the scriptures say? We're all guilty before God. That's man's statement. And God's Word tells the preacher
to comfort God's people. Comfort ye my people, saith the
Lord. And what comfort we can glean
from here. What strength can be given to
the weak and weary? Are you weak and weary? Do you
struggle with sin every day? Oh, what truths are here before
us? The believer's saving interest
rests on two things. God's everlasting covenant. And the merits of his blessed
son, the Lord Jesus Christ. One hundred percent. He is faithful and just, and
we rest on that, don't we? We rest on that. We rest on God's
everlasting covenant that He chose a people in Christ before
the foundation of the world. And that that covenant is ratified
by the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is our
Savior, and our Savior alone. It is He
who has wrought out a complete full atonement for the sins of
His people. It's He who's done that. Turn
if you would to Matthew chapter 1. We'll look at this text and
then we'll close. It's He who's done this. It's
He who's done this. Look at this in Matthew 1.21.
A verse we're all familiar with. Matthew 1.21. In light of this. Oh, this is
wonderful. In light of our salvation is
100% in Christ and Christ alone. Matthew 121, and she shall bring
forth a son, that's speaking of Mary, and thou shalt call
his name Jesus, for he shall, oh, that's wonderful. It doesn't
say, well, he might, just the people let him. It doesn't say
that, does it? No, it does not say that, praise
God, because there's none that seek after God, there's none
that's righteous, right? There's none that understand it, but
look at this wonderful verse. And she shall bring forth a son,
and thou shalt call his name Jesus, for he shall save his
people from their sins. Hallelujah. What a save. What a save. Note the Lord's purpose, His
intention in coming to this earth is to save His people from their
sins. That's his intention. That's
his purpose for leaving the glories and splendors of heaven. And
the believer in Christ can say, I'm one of those people. I want to speak. By the grace
of God. By the grace of God. This is why God sent him. to
this earth to save His people from their sins. The Father sent
the Son, and the Son willingly came to save His people from
their sins. The sinless, spotless Lamb of
God, He came, beloved, to save sinners. That's why we confess
our sin, because we're sinners, aren't we? And we're safe sinners,
we who believe, but we're sinners. Praise God He came to save sinners.
He didn't come to save the righteous, did He? Didn't come to save the
righteous. No, he's a friend of sinners.
Christ is a friend of sinners. I'm so thankful. And he gave
his life for the sinners. He gave his life for ungodly
ones. Oh, what comfort we can draw
here. What comfort we can draw from what we've looked at tonight.
You are saved by the grace of God. You who are saved sinners. What comfort we can draw. We
have an advocate with the father. We have an advocate with the
father. We'll look at more that more in the new year when we
get back together. Oh, we have an advocate with
the father. His name is Jesus Christ, the righteous, because
he's the righteous one. He's the perfect one. He's the
spotless one. He's the sinless lamb of God.
He is the righteous one. And he offered himself up without
spots and he rose from the grave, the sinless one. Spotless one, the lamb of God. Oh, what a Savior, what a Redeemer
He is. He gave His life for His people. And it is He who has cleansed
us. We who are His blood-bought people, it is He who has cleansed
us from all our sins. How? By the shedding of His own
precious blood. Glory to His name. Hallelujah,
what a Savior. Oh, what a Savior is Jesus Christ. Heavenly Father, we thank thee
for thy goodness that is poured out upon us. We who are your
blood-bought people, oh, what mercy we've received. The forgiveness
of all our sins, being cleansed by the precious blood of Christ. And though we know we're still
sinners, oh Lord, yet we are saved sinners. We who are your
people, we who you purchased by your own precious blood. We
pray that you would use this message to draw on thy lost sheep,
O Lord, if it's your will, that you'd use it to draw on your
lost sheep, to show them their desperate, desperate state before
thee, their desperate need for thee, O Lord. And we love you. We praise you. We who are your
people, we thank thee. May this message give us joy
and strength and grace to carry on. We love you in Jesus name.