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CHILDHOOD 2

Text :  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:

One of the things that a baby's life is characterised with is dirtiness. A baby can crawl to a dirty place, get himself and his clothes dirty without any form of shame or concern whatsoever. 

The same is true for a babe in Christ. A babe in Christ is anyone that wallows in sin and feels little or no remorse about it. They take pride in unforgiveness, malice, bitterness, jealousy, backbiting, laziness and the likes.

This is why the first instruction from our text reads, 'my little children,  I write unto you that you sin not.
2Corinthians 5:17 says, "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

Now that you are in Christ, you must do away with old things. These old things are well stipulated in Colossians chapter three - anger, wrath, malice, slander, obscene speech and all such sins.

It's not enough to put off old garment of sin, you must clothe yourself with a new nature which is consistent with the image of the one who created you. 
Clothe yourself with compassion,  kindness, humility,  meekness and patience. (Colossians 3:12).

A child of God doesn't take pleasure in sin, though he can fall into sin, but when he falls, he doesn't stay fallen,  he rises up again and move on unto perfection. *We know that the person who has been born from God does not go on sinning. Rather, the Son of God protects them, and the evil one cannot harm them.* (1John 5:18).

Our Advocate, Jesus Christ is still pleading our case till now, you can go to Him for the remission of your sins and He will make you whole again.

Bible Reading:

1John 5:1-21.

PRAYER FOCUS

1.) Father God, I receive the grace to put off the old man and its deeds and to put on the new man in Christ Jesus. 

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