Bible Passage:1 John 2:1-2
If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous. And He is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
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All righteousness comes originally from God. First He speaks to us through His Word, and He offers unto us His grace and forgiveness of our sins through Christ. So he spoke to Adam and Eve in Paradise soon after their fall, when they had been deceived through the serpent. Then God laid upon them a grievous punishment, but at once also comforted them and promised Christ, who should crush the serpent's head. Likewise He dealt with Abraham, commanding him to depart out of his native country, and promising him He would make of him a great nation, and would bless him; moreover, that through His Seed (Christ) all people on earth should be blessed. And so He called Moses, and David, and Mary, the mother of Christ, who received His Word with faith, and said: "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to Thy Word." Thus God begins: the Word of promise and of grace goes before. And although there be still in us an abundant surplus of sin, yet, notwithstanding, God will not impute these sins unto us for the sake of Jesus Christ. Ah! to know Christ is the highest treasure, of whom the wicked world knows nothing; yea, they despise Him. It goes with them as St. John writes in his first chapter: "The light shines in darkness, and the darkness does not comprehend it."
Thou art the Way: to Thee alone
From sin and death we flee,
And he who would the Father seek,
Must seek Him, Lord, by Thee.
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Cuda.
aka Pastor Robin Fish
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