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“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).
We have spoken about the importance of baptism, and how there is power in the death and resurrection of Christ to keep us from continuing to sin after we are saved. But what if we do sin? What should we do then? Do we lose our salvation if we sin? Do we have to come to the Lord Jesus and be saved all over again?
Our verse today answers these questions for us. Once we have accepted Christ as our Savior, we can never be lost again, for God says, “They shall never perish” (John 10:28). We do not need to be saved again, nor do we need another application of the blood of Christ. Rather, we need to come to the Lord and confess the sin, and when we do this, we find out that the sin which we have committed has already been laid on the Lord Jesus on the cross. God can be “faithful and just” in forgiving us, not to save us again, but to restore us to a happy relationship with Him. How gracious of the Lord to make this possible! God never assumes that we will sin, but He has made a way for us to enjoy His company again, if we do sin.
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