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2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.  | | | 1 John 2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
God gave Adam and Eve the gift of Free will in the Garden. With the gift of free will came the option to choose. Adam and Eve’s choice was to not heed the Word of God, and to eat from the tree of knowledge of Good and Evil. After the fall, God came walking in the cool of the day in the garden, and he says “Adam Where Are You?” Adam was hiding, Adam had known he disobeyed God and his guilt and shame caused Him to hide from the one who created him, the one who gave him everything he needed without failure.
Isaiah 59:1 Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: 2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God
There’s only one thing that separates us from God and that’s sin, sin that isn’t confessed. Confess means; to agree with, it’s in the agreeing with God that we are sinners in need of a savior that brings us into a right relationship with God, a relationship based upon His righteousness, Jesus Christ.
As Christians we don’t rest on our good works, we rest in the work of Jesus Christ on the Cross. When we accept that Jesus has paid the price, we can abide in Him. We abide in him by recognizing we are SINLESS before God and that we need to “Sin Less” before God. We shouldn’t be getting better at sinning, we should be getting better at works of righteousness.
Romans 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. |
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