Have you ever known someone to say or make a claim about something which they insist is the truth, but in reality it is completely false, and untrue? Someone may claim that they are a direct descendant from a royal family, or that they are a very famous person. They may even tell themselves this so much that they actually believe it is the truth, while the actual truth is that they are only deceiving themselves.
People can do the same thing when they say that they are not a sinner. They may make a claim to everyone that they have never sinned, and that they have nothing to truth repent of. They may constantly tell themselves this so much that they believe it to be true, when they are only believing a lie?
1 John 1:5-10 “This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
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.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.”
If thousands of years of the Judaic Law taught anything, it should be the evident truth that there was no one who was able to keep the entire Law, perfectly, and without failing. At least once in someone’s life they failed at some point, and that single failure is enough to insert the title of “sinner” next to a person’s name.
I have used the example before, but in the game of baseball, a perfect game is a game in which the pitcher does not allow a walk, hit, hits batsmen, or error to occur during the entire nine innings of the baseball game. If he allows just one player to reach first base safely, in whatever manner it may come, that perfect game is gone. They could say all they want that they had pitched a perfect game, but they will only be lying to themselves.
Likewise, when someone lives their life, you could think of each day as another pitch being thrown at a batter. There certainly may be days where we may have been perfect, for that specific day, but the absolute truth is that eventually one of those pitches, one of those days, you are going to fail, and sin. It only takes one bad pitch to ruin a perfect game, and it only takes one small mistake to make you a sinner.
Not everyone will believe this however. Not everyone will actually bring themselves to make the admission that they are guilty of sin, and continue to believe that they are sinless, deceiving themselves. Everyone is a sinner, and the Bible proves it.
Romans 3:21-25 “But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;”
The ability to admit one’s sins is an absolute must, as it is only after the admission of guilt and sin that different forgiveness can take place. It is only after you admit to yourself that you are a sinner that you can receive the forgiveness to take away that sin. Jesus wants to forgive you of your burden of sin that you carry, but you need to make the first steps of admitting that you need His forgiveness. Don’t believe a lie, and deceive yourself, confess your sins today.
In Christ
Andrew.
Teufer Lake King James Bible Church 