“Beloved, now are we the sons of God; and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear; we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is” (1 John
But some will say, “Well, I believe all that; but then I have sinned since I became a Christian.”
Is there a man or a woman on the face of the earth who has not sinned since becoming a Christian? Not one! There never has been, and never will be, a soul on this earth who has not sinned, or who will not sin, at some time of their Christian experience.
But God has made provision for believers’ sins. We are not to make provision for them; but God has. Bear that in mind.
Turn to 1 John 2:1: “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”
He is here writing to the righteous. “If any man sin, we ”—John put himself in—“we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”
What an Advocate! He attends to our interests at the very best place—the throne of God. He said, “Nevertheless, I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I go away” (John 16:7).
He went away to become our High Priest, and also our Advocate. He has had some hard cases to plead; but he has never lost one: and if you entrust your immortal interests to Him, He will “present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy” (Jude 24).
The past sins of Christians are all forgiven as soon as they are confessed; and they are never to be mentioned. That is a question which is not to be