Faith & Christian Living

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”…So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief…However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.” (Matthew 17:19-21) As shown in the previous study, the original Greek rendering of the opening text quotes Jesus as saying, […]

Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”…So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief…However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.” (Matthew 17:19-21). In Matthew 17, after the disciples had failed to cast out a demon from an epileptic boy, they

We have come up with catchy albeit glib sayings which have become our foundation for Christian doctrine, rather than the truth of Scripture. One such glibs is the phrase that if you are a Christian then all your past, present, and future sins are already forgiven so that you do not need to confess your

Another argument brought up against 1 John 1:9 is the notion that it is impossible to remember every sin you have ever committed. Therefore forgiveness of sins cannot be based on confessing our sins to God. But if the Scripture indeed tells us to confess our sins to receive forgiveness, then we are indeed deceived

The attempt made to redefine the word “sin” in 1 John 1:9 is part of the efforts to discredit the truth of what that Scripture says. The Greek word translated sin in 1 John 1:9 is “Harmatia”, which also means to miss the mark, be mistaken, to err, to do or go wrong. It also

Another reason, given to support the error that confession of sins is not necessary is this: “Apostle Paul, who wrote two-thirds of the epistles to the churches, never once taught on confession of sins. In fact, in his letter to the Corinthian Christians, many of whom were committing sins like visiting temple prostitutes, he didn’t

1 John 1:7 says “but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin”. Some have read this Scripture, and have erroneously postulated that “there is perpetual forgiveness for Christians so that Christians

Another reason given to support the deception that Christians don’t need to confess their sins to receive God’s forgiveness is the idea that “the early Christians did not have the book of 1 John for some fifty years, so their getting “right with God” could not have been through the confession of sins”. When we