By Greg Laurie
“But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.”
—1 John 1:9
Believers quote these words to celebrate God’s loving and forgiving nature. This verse conjures up images of God standing ready to erase our sinful past and let us start anew with a clean slate, only waiting for us to admit what we’ve done wrong.
But what this verse doesn’t mention is how the cleansing takes place—or, more specifically, what’s necessary for the cleansing to take place. God doesn’t simply dismiss the charges against us like a lenient judge. His perfect justice demands that our sins be punished. And the punishment is death.
Categories: INSPIRATIONAL DEVOTIONS
After the Fall
Luke 21:36 "Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man."