“Is God Punishing Me”
A CRISIS OF FAITH?
1 John 1:5-10 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is
light; in him there is no darkness at all. (6) If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk
in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. (7) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the
light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all
sin.
(8) If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. (9) If we
confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all
unrighteousness. (10) If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word
is not in us.
1 John 2:1-2 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody
does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. (2) He is the
atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
1. BELIEVERS LIVE WITH A TENSION
2. THE FORGIVENESS OF JESUS IS THE ANSWER
1:7 … and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us
from all unrighteousness.
2:1 But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father - Jesus Christ, the
Righteous One
2:2 – He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of
the whole world.
Romans 8:1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus