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The First Epistle of John
Confession of Sin - I John 19,10

• I John 19 If we confess our sins, He is
  faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to
  cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
• If or Since?
• A conditional participle
• which makes reference to time and to experience
• introduces something future
• but not determining before the event, whether it
  is certainly to take place.
• Therefore if in case here
• But I thought our sins had already been forgiven?
• we confess present active subjunctive
• When we keep on declaring or admitting that we
  are guilty.
• Notice sins not sin.
• The same Greek verb, homologeo, is almost always
  used in the NT to mean profess (say the same
  thing), not confess.
• Why do you think that this is the only time in
  the epistles that confess is used?

Feb 6, 2011 Bob Eckel
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The First Epistle of John
Confession of Sin - I John 19,10

• Of what are we guilty and what is the
  consequence?
• Our sins and broken fellowship.
• One of many roles of the Holy Spirit
• Never forget your position thats where He has
  us!
• Perhaps profess or tell it like it is is more
  positionally correct here?
• We see our sins as God sees them therefore the
  emphasis is on fellowship!
• He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins
• He is present indicative
• To forgive or dispense or put away 2nd aorist
  active subjunctive
• Typically not a process but a single act in time
• How is this verb tense relevant here?
• To what is God faithful and just?
• Faithful to His word.
• Heb 1023 Let us hold fast the confession of our
  hope without wavering, for He who promised is
  faithful.
• And just.
• Rom 326 to demonstrate at the present time His
  righteousness, that He might be just and the
  justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

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The First Epistle of John
Confession of Sin - I John 19,10

• And its all wrapped up in Christ!
• To forgive us our sins removing the guilt
• Which is His gracious pathway of restored
  fellowship.
• Yet already accomplished - I Cor 153, Gal 14,
  Heb 13, I Peter 224, I John 22, I John 35, I
  John 410, Rev 15
• and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
• Cleanse to make clean, physically and/or
  morally.
• What is unrighteousness?
• Being offensive to Him, who "is just" and
  righteous
• Sin (source of unrighteousness) ? sins (acts of
  unrighteousness)
• Titus 214 who gave Himself for us, that He
  might redeem us from every lawless deed and
  purify for Himself His own special people,
  zealous for good works.
• And in context, lets return to I John 17.
• Constable Conversion (forensic) forgiveness,
  makes us acceptable as members of Gods family.
  Continual (family) forgiveness enables us to

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The First Epistle of John
Confession of Sin - I John 19,10

• experience intimate fellowship as sons within
  Gods family.
• I John 110 If we say that we have not sinned,
  we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
• Verb tenses are critically important here!
• If we say 2nd aorist subjunctive again
• we have not sinned perfect active indicative
• we make - perfect active indicative
• is present indicative
• I John 18 revisited.
• Rom 310 As it is written "There is none
  righteous, no, not one
• Thus, we make God a liar.
• Does the believer really need to be reminded of
  this?
• 1 John 510 He who believes in the Son of God
  has the witness in himself he who does not
  believe God has made Him a liar, because he has
  not believed the testimony that God has given of
  His Son.

Sin nature denied
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The First Epistle of John
Confession of Sin - I John 19,10

• and His word is not in us.
• You mean were not saved?
• John 538 But you do not have His word abiding
  in you, because whom He sent, Him you do not
  believe.
• The contrast
• Truth from 1 John 19 confession restores
  fellowship with God.
• False claim from I John 110 we have not
  sinned.
• Is this simply ignorance (One Naturist) or the
  absence of salvation?
• The perfect tense, and particularly when in the
  negative, implies all past time up to the
  present.
• This would indicate then that one never sinned!
• Your final conclusion?

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