1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another… I. The blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, cleanses us from all sin by making an atonement for all the guilt of sin; by providing for our JUSTIFICATION. Pardon is never partial; and for this simple reason — the atoning blood of Christ reaches to one sin as well as to another; it is satisfaction in full, and therefore, when the merit of it is received by faith, all past sin is freely, fully forgiven. II. The blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, cleanseth us from all sin, by procuring for us that measure of the gracious influence of God's Holy Spirit, which may deliver us from all the power and from all the principle of sin. In other Words, it provides for our SANCTIFICATION. 1. This doctrine of deliverance from all sin contains nothing more than what. the nature of sin, if properly understood, makes imperatively necessary. The evangelical covenant does not speak of the expulsion of degrees of sin, but of the expulsion of its principle. 2. The doctrine in question contains nothing beyond what it must be admitted the Divine Spirit is competent to perform. 3. Whatever exception may be taken to this doctrine of deliverance from all the power and principle of sin, the thing itself is indispensably necessary to our happiness. 4. We say nothing but what all orthodox Christians admit must be done sometime. The controversy, therefore, only turns upon the point when this momentous work is to be accomplished. If this work be done at all, it must be either in eternity or in time. If the work cannot take place in eternity, then it must in time. Shall I ask, How long before the spirit quit its tabernacle? Five minutes? an hour? a day? a week? Why then not a year? why then not now? 5. When we insist upon this principle, we insist on nothing but what uniformly appears on the inspired page (Psalm 51:10; Matthew 5:8; Ephesians 3:19). (James Bromley.) Parallel Verses KJV: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. |
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