A Good Cleanin'

Toddlergrand "muddin'' at the river cabin

"Because we understand our fearful responsibility to the Lord, we work hard to persuade others." (1 Cor. 5:11)

After a romp through the rain puddles yesterday, toddlergrand got a good scrubbin' in the mud room sink by his daddy.

First John 1:9 reads: "if we confess our sins to God, He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness." 

So does sin cleansing simply come by asking God? 

No.

First John is a letter of eye-witness testimony and proclamation that Jesus Christ is the Word of life - eternal life. It was written to persuade others to fully share in the joy of fellowship with Father God through Jesus, His Son. The forgiveness and removal of sin described in verse 9 comes only by the truth of verse 7: the blood of Jesus, God's Son, cleanses us from all sin.

"And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to Himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to Him. For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself, no longer counting people's sins against them. And He gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation." 

"So we are Christ's ambassadors; God is making His appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, 'Come back to God!' For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ." (2 Cor. 5:18-21)

Are you right with God, beloved? 

No? then come to God through Jesus Christ today! 

Yes? then work hard to persuade others and proclaim God's wonderful message of reconciliation through Jesus!