Three Spurious Claims
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Three Spurious Claims

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Some people claim that sin doesn’t matter, while others deny that it marks the human condition. In this sermon, Alistair Begg challenges us to consider the biblical truth about sin and the hope that is only found in the Gospel. Scripture teaches that Christians can have confidence that although we sin, our relationship with God is secure: we can experience fellowship with the Father because Christ, our Advocate, pleads on our behalf.

Series Containing This Sermon

A Study in 1 John, Volume 1

Life Assurance 1 John 1:1–3:10 Series ID: 16201


Walking in the Light

5lThis is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that mGod is light, and in him is no darkness at all. 6nIf we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and odo not practice the truth. 7But pif we walk in the light, qas he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and rthe blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8sIf we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and tthe truth is not in us. 9uIf we confess our sins, he is vfaithful and just to forgive us our sins and rto cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10If we say we have not sinned, wwe make him a liar, and xhis word is not in us.

Christ Our Advocate

1My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, ywe have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2zHe is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but aalso for the sins of the whole world.

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Alistair Begg
Alistair Begg is Senior Pastor at Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Bible teacher on Truth For Life, which is heard on the radio and online around the world.