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(Matthew Henry)
"If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:8-9
We must beware of deceiving ourselves in denying or excusing our sins. The more we see them--the more we shall esteem and value the remedy.
The Christian religion is the religion of sinners--of such as have sinned, and in whom sin in some measure still dwells.
The Christian life is a life of . . .
continued repentance, humiliation for and mortification of sin,
continual faith in, thankfulness for, and love to the Redeemer, and
hopeful joyful expectation of a day of glorious redemption, in which the believer shall be fully and finally acquitted, and sin abolished forever!
"He will save His people from their sins!" Matthew 1:21
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