100:00:00,400 –> 00:00:11,400Our danger, it’s not to say that sin doesn’t matter. Our danger is to say that sin is what200:00:11,400 –> 00:00:20,719is going on out there in this evil world where reckless and self-indulgent people are defying300:00:20,719 –> 00:00:28,120God. Sin is going on out there, but it’s not in me.400:00:28,160 –> 00:00:32,639Welcome to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith. I’m David Pick and Colin, I think all500:00:32,639 –> 00:00:36,480of us want our sense of assurance to grow but how do we actually do that?600:00:36,480 –> 00:00:41,959Yeah, I mean, what a wonderful gift this is to not only know God but to know that you700:00:41,959 –> 00:00:46,799know God and to have confidence that you’re in a right relationship with Him. You really800:00:46,799 –> 00:00:52,660do have peace with Him and that your eternal future really is in heaven. I mean that’s900:00:52,660 –> 00:00:57,860something to rejoice over. So, we’re looking at this whole issue of how to grow in assurance,1000:00:58,160 –> 00:01:03,660how can I have more of this wonderful gift in my life, and we’re really looking today1100:01:03,660 –> 00:01:09,519at a second strategy that’s absolutely critical and that is that we make it a regular practice1200:01:09,519 –> 00:01:15,379to confess our sins before God. I’ve found in my own life this to be one of the most1300:01:15,379 –> 00:01:21,639important spiritual disciplines. I’ve found that to be able to identify the sins that1400:01:21,639 –> 00:01:27,699I need to be fighting against more strongly at any given time is a really important part1500:01:27,699 –> 00:01:32,320of a living walk with God. And John speaks about this in the first letter1600:01:32,320 –> 00:01:38,239of John that we’re looking at and this is very practical, and it’s pointing us towards1700:01:38,239 –> 00:01:44,800something that’s very wonderful. And so I hope that the message today is going to bring1800:01:44,800 –> 00:01:49,739greater peace and greater assurance to all of us as we open the scriptures together.1900:01:49,739 –> 00:01:56,820So join us if you can, in the first letter of John chapter 1. As we begin our new message,2000:01:57,660 –> 00:02:01,900as you confess your sins, here is Colin.2100:02:01,900 –> 00:02:04,940Well, please open your bible at 1 John chapter 1.2200:02:04,940 –> 00:02:10,979Our series is entitled, how can I be sure? And this first letter of John was written2300:02:10,979 –> 00:02:16,820to answer that question. We saw last time that the answer to the question how can I2400:02:16,820 –> 00:02:23,139be sure is really like a cord that is woven from several strands. And the first of these2500:02:23,820 –> 00:02:30,660is that we should gain gospel clarity. In other words, a clear grasp of the Gospel of2600:02:30,660 –> 00:02:37,580the Lord Jesus Christ will help you to be sure of your standing in Christ. And that2700:02:37,580 –> 00:02:45,460is why John begins his letter by exposing some lies. Lies that actually pervert the2800:02:45,460 –> 00:02:49,119Gospel of Christ. And the first of these lies that we looked2900:02:49,160 –> 00:02:55,360at was the lie that sin doesn’t matter. The idea that somehow you can have3000:02:55,360 –> 00:03:02,339fellowship with God irrespective of how you choose to live. And John tells us3100:03:02,339 –> 00:03:07,919quite clearly that fellowship with God is simply impossible for a person who3200:03:07,919 –> 00:03:15,059walks in darkness. Verse 6, if we say we have fellowship with Him while we walk3300:03:15,300 –> 00:03:25,479in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. So if you think that you have3400:03:25,479 –> 00:03:31,339fellowship with God while you are still walking in darkness, you’re choosing to3500:03:31,339 –> 00:03:36,619stay there, well then you have bought into a lie and you are in great3600:03:36,619 –> 00:03:41,639spiritual danger. That is what John is saying. And the whole point of his letter3700:03:41,800 –> 00:03:45,839of course is he wants to deliver us from lies and wants us to know the truth. And3800:03:45,839 –> 00:03:52,300the truth is, verse 5, that God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.3900:03:52,300 –> 00:03:57,619And that is why the only way to have fellowship with God is to walk in the4000:03:57,619 –> 00:04:05,639light as He is in the light. So John speaks first then to the person who4100:04:05,940 –> 00:04:13,179walks in darkness. This is the self indulgent person who refuses to leave4200:04:13,179 –> 00:04:19,179the darkness in which they live and the darkness in which they walk. And to this4300:04:19,179 –> 00:04:28,420person, John says, if you want truly to have fellowship with God, if you want to4400:04:28,420 –> 00:04:32,420be cleansed by the blood of Jesus. Here is what you have to do. You must come out4500:04:32,420 –> 00:04:40,339of the darkness. You must. And you must walk in the light.4600:04:40,339 –> 00:04:49,799John then comes to speak to the person who has left the darkness and to this4700:04:49,799 –> 00:04:58,540person John says, verse 8, if we say we have no sin we deceive ourselves and the4800:04:58,540 –> 00:05:03,980truth is not in us. Now you see he’s spoken about walking in the light and4900:05:03,980 –> 00:05:10,100now he’s telling us that if we walk with the Lord in the light of his word there5000:05:10,100 –> 00:05:17,760is a whole new and different spiritual danger that we face. Now this speaks to5100:05:17,760 –> 00:05:22,119us as a congregation gathered here this morning in a very obvious in a very5200:05:22,119 –> 00:05:29,179direct way. The vast majority of us in this conglogation here today have come5300:05:29,179 –> 00:05:35,480out from the darkness. We may some of us at one time have been5400:05:35,480 –> 00:05:42,239like the Prodigal Son in the far country, but we are not eating with the pigs in5500:05:42,239 –> 00:05:50,359the far country today. The vast majority of us here would surely say that we are5600:05:50,679 –> 00:05:53,839seeking to walk with the Lord in the light of his word. That would be a good5700:05:53,839 –> 00:05:59,179moment by the way to say Amen just to reassure me that that is true, that this5800:05:59,179 –> 00:06:04,100really is a fair description, that we are a gathered community of people the vast5900:06:04,100 –> 00:06:09,700majority of us want to walk with the Lord in the light of his word. Our great6000:06:09,700 –> 00:06:14,200desire is that we should enjoy fellowship with God, fellowship with each6100:06:14,200 –> 00:06:19,619other and that the blood of Jesus should cleanse us from all sin. And very simply6200:06:20,399 –> 00:06:28,059people who walk in the light will never say that sin doesn’t matter. We’re not6300:06:28,059 –> 00:06:34,079gonna say that because we know that God is light we know that in Him there is no6400:06:34,079 –> 00:06:40,200darkness at all, we know that sin matters. That’s why we came out of the darkness6500:06:40,200 –> 00:06:46,399that’s why we returned from the far country to our Father who is in Heaven.6600:06:47,179 –> 00:06:54,040Our danger is not to say that sin doesn’t matter, our danger is to say that6700:06:54,040 –> 00:07:02,140sin is what is going on out there in this evil world where reckless and6800:07:02,140 –> 00:07:10,420self-indulgent people are defying God. Sins going on out there but it’s not in6900:07:11,260 –> 00:07:16,980me. That’s our danger. Our danger is to feel that because we come out of the7000:07:16,980 –> 00:07:21,260darkness, because we’re walking in the light, our danger is to feel that because7100:07:21,260 –> 00:07:27,540we are pursuing holiness that somehow we have moved beyond the realm of sin. And7200:07:27,540 –> 00:07:34,660so what John says in verse eight is directly for us today. He’s saying now7300:07:34,660 –> 00:07:39,940you who are walking in the light, if you say that you have no sin, you’re7400:07:39,940 –> 00:07:46,059deceiving yourself and the truth is not in you. So let’s settle this in our minds7500:07:46,059 –> 00:07:52,220what John is saying to us, he’s telling us, whatever progress you make in7600:07:52,220 –> 00:08:00,260sanctification, however closely you may walk with the Lord, however disciplined7700:08:00,260 –> 00:08:04,339you may be in your pursuit of a holy life. And some of us are very7800:08:04,899 –> 00:08:11,339disciplined indeed and that’s a good thing. However disciplined, however far7900:08:11,339 –> 00:08:13,980you progressed, however mature you become,8000:08:13,980 –> 00:08:18,940it will never go so well with you in your life in this world that you are8100:08:18,940 –> 00:08:25,559wholly free from all sin. Now here we’re coming to a truth that is very very8200:08:25,559 –> 00:08:29,540important for understanding the Christian life. Now I want us to take it8300:08:29,540 –> 00:08:36,919from these verses today. The people who walk in the light live with the reality8400:08:36,919 –> 00:08:44,099of remaining sin. People who walk in the light, people who are pursuing holiness8500:08:44,099 –> 00:08:52,739still live with the reality of remaining sin. Now the doctrine of remaining sin8600:08:52,780 –> 00:09:00,179tells us that the impulse to sin remains within us even when we are walking in8700:09:00,179 –> 00:09:06,099the light. That though we truly have fellowship with God, though the Holy8800:09:06,099 –> 00:09:12,400Spirit truly lives within us, though the blood of Jesus Christ truly cleanses us8900:09:12,400 –> 00:09:19,460from every kind of sin, the impulse to sin still remains within us. John’s9000:09:19,580 –> 00:09:24,659writing to believers. He’s been speaking about walking in the light, and to us he9100:09:24,659 –> 00:09:29,520says, if we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not9200:09:29,520 –> 00:09:35,099in us. And notice that John includes himself. He doesn’t say, if you say. He9300:09:35,099 –> 00:09:42,739says, if we say. He includes himself. In other words, even the Apostles could not9400:09:42,739 –> 00:09:50,580say that they were wholly free from all sin. Now, sin that remains within us in9500:09:50,580 –> 00:10:00,260two ways, the first is that sin hides in our hearts Galatians chapter 5 and9600:10:00,260 –> 00:10:08,179verses 16 and 17 are really helpful here. Walk by the Spirit, Paul says, and you9700:10:08,200 –> 00:10:14,059will not gratify the desires of the flesh for the desires of the flesh are9800:10:14,059 –> 00:10:19,340against the spirit and the desires of the spirit are against the flesh and9900:10:19,340 –> 00:10:26,260these are opposed to each other to keep you from doing the things you want to do.10000:10:26,260 –> 00:10:31,880Now here in Galatians chapter 5 the apostle Paul is writing to believers as10100:10:31,880 –> 00:10:36,840John is in 1st John and chapter 1 and the Apostle Paul here is quite clear10200:10:37,020 –> 00:10:45,559that while we love Christ and while we desire to do His will truly yet there10300:10:45,559 –> 00:10:52,239remains within us an impulse towards what displeases Him and Paul describes10400:10:52,239 –> 00:11:02,219this impulse as the desires of the flesh that remains within you even though you10500:11:02,940 –> 00:11:09,679with God now what are we to do about this are we to say well you know this10600:11:09,679 –> 00:11:16,599impulse to sin resides in my flesh that’s not going to change this side of10700:11:16,599 –> 00:11:21,619Heaven so I’m just gonna go with the flow of what my flesh prompts me to do10800:11:21,619 –> 00:11:27,479John says no no way you can’t do that that would be to walk in darkness and10900:11:27,479 –> 00:11:30,659you can’t have Fellowship with God there the blood of Jesus Christ won’t cleanse11000:11:30,700 –> 00:11:36,859you there. What are you to do? Well, look at what Paul says, you walk by the spirit11100:11:36,859 –> 00:11:43,479and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh in other words here’s your11200:11:43,479 –> 00:11:47,440calling our calling in the Christian life here’s what we’re to do we are to11300:11:47,440 –> 00:11:54,380rise above the remaining desires of the flesh we are to do battle against them11400:11:54,619 –> 00:12:01,020and we are able to do this because the Holy Spirit truly lives within us we’re11500:12:01,020 –> 00:12:05,059walking in fellowship with God and the Spirit of God has given to us for this11600:12:05,059 –> 00:12:09,940very reason that we may be able to do battle against the impulses of the flesh11700:12:09,940 –> 00:12:16,700that remain in us and this does not mean that the desires of the flesh go away11800:12:16,979 –> 00:12:28,859they remain they hide in our nature people who walk in the light live with11900:12:28,859 –> 00:12:39,739remaining sin now there is a very important distinction between remaining12000:12:39,739 –> 00:12:46,140sin and reigning sin you’re listening to open the Bible with pastor Colin Smith12100:12:46,140 –> 00:12:51,179and a message called assurance grows as you confess your sins it’s part of our12200:12:51,179 –> 00:12:56,219series how can I be sure all about how Christians can be assured of their12300:12:56,219 –> 00:13:00,900salvation and if you’ve missed any of the series so far you can catch up or go12400:13:00,900 –> 00:13:06,919back and listen again online at our website open the bible.org.uk or by12500:13:06,919 –> 00:13:11,359going to your favorite podcast site and searching for open the Bible UK and12600:13:11,359 –> 00:13:15,539there you’ll find all the messages which of pastor colin has already delivered12700:13:16,059 –> 00:13:20,700on the air. Open the Bible is supported by our listeners and later on I’ll be12800:13:20,700 –> 00:13:24,539talking to colin about this month’s special offer for anyone who’s able to12900:13:24,539 –> 00:13:28,500start supporting open the Bible in that way. I hope you’ll stay with us for13000:13:28,500 –> 00:13:34,780that. Back to the message now, here again is Colin. There is a very important13100:13:34,780 –> 00:13:42,380distinction between remaining sin and reigning sin. It’s going to give me13200:13:42,380 –> 00:13:48,580a good chance to practice rolling a few R’s here. There’s a very important13300:13:48,580 –> 00:13:54,440distinction between remaining sin and reigning sin and it’s important to13400:13:54,440 –> 00:14:00,119understand the distinction. In Romans chapter 6 and verse 12 the Apostle Paul13500:14:00,119 –> 00:14:07,080says do not let sin reign in your mortal body. Mustn’t let it reign over you. Uh13600:14:07,080 –> 00:14:11,099why? Because, he says two verses later, sin is no longer your master.13700:14:11,099 –> 00:14:20,200So don’t let it reign. Sin has been dethroned, so don’t let it sit on the13800:14:20,200 –> 00:14:26,219throne of your life. He says do not let sin reign in your body. He could not have13900:14:26,219 –> 00:14:33,140said do not let sin remain in your body because it does. It does. The desires of14000:14:33,140 –> 00:14:38,479the flesh war against the desires of the Spirit. As we have just read. So14100:14:38,479 –> 00:14:45,599understand the reality of the Christian life. That sins reign, that is sin’s power14200:14:45,599 –> 00:14:53,479over you has been broken. But its presence in you remains. And that means14300:14:53,479 –> 00:14:59,679that we are called to a battle against the sin that remains. So that it does not14400:14:59,679 –> 00:15:04,320rain. Don’t let it rain. Remember it’s been dethroned14500:15:04,320 –> 00:15:08,340though it has not been destroyed. Remember that sin is not your master14600:15:08,340 –> 00:15:15,359though it is still your enemy. Sin is no longer in charge but it sure still hangs14700:15:15,359 –> 00:15:26,020around. Sin remains in the believer remains in the person who walks with God14800:15:26,020 –> 00:15:32,940and it remains in two ways one is that it hides in the heart and the second is14900:15:32,940 –> 00:15:40,900that it shows up in our lives and that’s verse 10, if we say we have not sinned15000:15:40,900 –> 00:15:50,000John says we make him a liar and his word is not in us.15100:15:50,000 –> 00:15:55,539Now if you look at verse 8 in verse 10 what John says looks very very similar15200:15:55,539 –> 00:15:58,919indeed and at first glance you might think that he’s simply repeating himself15300:15:59,619 –> 00:16:06,599but he’s not. Verse 8, if we say we have no sin. Verse 10, if we say we have not15400:16:06,599 –> 00:16:15,340sinned the distinction is that in verse 8 John is describing the hidden impulses15500:16:15,340 –> 00:16:22,580to sin that remain in our hearts. In verse 10 he’s describing the visible15600:16:22,780 –> 00:16:31,140expressions of sin that show up in our lives. John Stott puts it this way, John15700:16:31,140 –> 00:16:39,020is as clear about the outbreak of sin in our behaviour, that’s verse 10, as he is15800:16:39,020 –> 00:16:45,580about the origin of sin in our nature. That’s verse 8. Verse 8 is the origin of15900:16:45,640 –> 00:16:52,580sin in our nature. Verse 10 is the expression or outbreak of sin in our16000:16:52,580 –> 00:17:01,380behaviour and John presses this important truth upon us, that we must not16100:17:01,380 –> 00:17:09,180let ourselves be deceived by the idea that because we are walking in the16200:17:09,180 –> 00:17:14,140light, because the Spirit of God indwells us, because we are doing battle with sin16300:17:14,260 –> 00:17:23,560that somehow it no longer remains within us. You know some people think of sin16400:17:23,560 –> 00:17:30,900simply as the sort of thing that gets in the newspapers and if your working16500:17:30,900 –> 00:17:36,300concept of sin is the sort of thing that gets in the newspapers then you may be16600:17:36,300 –> 00:17:41,939in danger of this deception of thinking that stuff is not in you. But16700:17:41,939 –> 00:17:48,319remember that by definition sin is missing the mark. And what is the mark16800:17:48,319 –> 00:17:53,619that God has set for us? It is that we should love God with all our heart, soul,16900:17:53,619 –> 00:17:58,660mind, and strength and that we should love our neighbor as ourselves and the17000:17:58,660 –> 00:18:04,900clearest evidence that sin remains within us is that all of us missed that17100:18:04,900 –> 00:18:11,380mark every day of our lives. Bishop Henley Mool wrote these words that I’ve17200:18:11,380 –> 00:18:13,800often come back to and found very very helpful.17300:18:13,800 –> 00:18:23,079Quote, we aim at nothing less than to walk with God all day long and then he17400:18:23,079 –> 00:18:27,819says but I hold with absolute conviction from the infallible Word of God that17500:18:27,819 –> 00:18:37,579there will be limits to the last and very humbling limits at that to the last17600:18:37,780 –> 00:18:47,699it will be a sinner who walks with God so when we arrive in heaven itself none17700:18:47,699 –> 00:18:55,199of us will arrive on the basis of the triumph of our holiness all of us will17800:18:55,199 –> 00:18:59,939enter in on the basis of the sheer mercy and grace of God that is ours in and17900:18:59,939 –> 00:19:08,079through the Lord Jesus Christ now you see what John is telling us here you18000:19:08,079 –> 00:19:16,140walk in the light you have come out of the darkness but here’s what you need to18100:19:16,140 –> 00:19:21,680understand we are still sinners by nature verse 8 and by practice verse 1018200:19:21,680 –> 00:19:27,739sin hides in our hearts it shows up in our lives and if you think that that’s18300:19:28,020 –> 00:19:31,819true of you that somehow you’re different than you are deceived and John18400:19:31,819 –> 00:19:41,479says the truth is not in you now let me take a moment to try and press this18500:19:41,479 –> 00:19:51,900home by way of application we live in a world that is obviously getting darker18600:19:52,180 –> 00:20:02,280first very fast the world around us is getting darker and the more clearly we18700:20:02,280 –> 00:20:09,380see the sins of the world around us the easier it is for us to lose sight of the18800:20:09,380 –> 00:20:20,339sin that remains within us and you know what there is an obnoxious pride that18900:20:20,420 –> 00:20:28,319can infect the heart of a person who resolves to pursue a holy life a sense19000:20:28,319 –> 00:20:34,260of moral superiority that looks down on others a sense of virtue that no longer19100:20:34,260 –> 00:20:38,119feels its present tense need of being cleansed by the blood of the Lord19200:20:38,119 –> 00:20:44,839Jesus Christ if you feel dear friend that because you read your Bible19300:20:44,939 –> 00:20:51,359because you are seeking to do what it says that somehow sin is no longer at19400:20:51,359 –> 00:21:01,560work in you you are deceived John says and the truth is not in you and you know19500:21:01,560 –> 00:21:08,540what friends if we were really to grasp this truth that’s in the Bible before us19600:21:08,540 –> 00:21:13,640today if we were really to grasp it and to believe it we would be the most19700:21:13,719 –> 00:21:24,219humble people in all of the world we would, the most humble people in all the19800:21:24,219 –> 00:21:26,500world19900:21:29,160 –> 00:21:37,900people who walk in the light live with the reality of remaining sin so where do20000:21:37,939 –> 00:21:43,819we go from there? What are we to do about the sin that remains and too often20100:21:43,819 –> 00:21:53,719breaks out in thoughts and in words and in deeds that are displeasing to God?20200:21:53,719 –> 00:21:58,140Well, here’s the second thing and they’re just two things again today, second thing20300:21:58,140 –> 00:22:02,400that John says to us. Not only does he make it clear that people who walk in20400:22:02,400 –> 00:22:06,079the light live with the reality of remaining sin, but he also wants us to20500:22:06,680 –> 00:22:11,699know this, that people who walk in the light make progress as they confess20600:22:11,699 –> 00:22:16,239their sins. You’ve been listening to Hugh Pastor Colin Smith on Open the Bible20700:22:16,239 –> 00:22:21,400and the message called assurance grows as you confess your sins it’s part of our20800:22:21,400 –> 00:22:27,020series how can I be sure all about how you can have assurance of salvation. 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If you’re able to set up a new21600:22:56,300 –> 00:23:01,719direct debit of five pounds per month or more or a one off gift of 50 pounds or21700:23:01,739 –> 00:23:06,260more we’ll send you a copy of Pastor Colin Smith’s book The Ten Greatest21800:23:06,260 –> 00:23:11,339Struggles of your Life Finding Freedom in God’s Commands along with five21900:23:11,339 –> 00:23:17,300beautiful Psalm 23 note cards Colin this is a book about the Ten Commandments22000:23:17,300 –> 00:23:21,380can you share something which really encouraged you when you studied these22100:23:21,380 –> 00:23:26,140familiar commands? Well I think the big aha moment for me in studying the Ten22200:23:26,140 –> 00:23:31,119Commandments was the realization that God actually speaks directly to the22300:23:31,160 –> 00:23:36,160greatest struggles of our lives and you know, that makes sense. I mean every22400:23:36,160 –> 00:23:39,920parent knows you don’t have to give a command to your children to say eat your22500:23:39,920 –> 00:23:45,420dessert, what you do have to say is eat your vegetables because that’s the thing22600:23:45,420 –> 00:23:47,780that they struggle with, that’s the thing that they’re not immediately inclined to22700:23:47,780 –> 00:23:52,040do. Now, if you ask the question, you just went out and did interviews with people22800:23:52,040 –> 00:23:54,959in the street. What are the greatest struggles of your22900:23:54,959 –> 00:23:58,660life? You know I think you’d find people talking about struggles to have peace,23000:23:58,660 –> 00:24:02,439struggles to have purity, struggles to have contentment, struggles with time,23100:24:02,439 –> 00:24:07,260struggles with money and so forth and so on, and guess what, all of these are23200:24:07,260 –> 00:24:10,760directly addressed in the Ten Commandments, because God knows us, he23300:24:10,760 –> 00:24:16,760made us, he knows what we’re made of and he speaks, therefore, directly to the23400:24:16,760 –> 00:24:21,319issues that are right front and center of our lives, that just opened up the Ten23500:24:21,319 –> 00:24:26,599Commandments in an entirely new way. The Ten Commandments are so far from being a23600:24:26,599 –> 00:24:31,040relic of the past, they speak right into the very centre of our lives today.23700:24:31,040 –> 00:24:35,260So that’s our gift to you, this month of September, if you are able to set up a23800:24:35,260 –> 00:24:39,920new direct debit of five pounds per month, or more, or a one-off gift of 5023900:24:39,920 –> 00:24:44,819pounds or more, to the work of Open the Bible. Full terms and conditions on our24000:24:44,819 –> 00:24:50,540website that’s at openthebil.org.uk and you can give online, if you’d24100:24:50,540 –> 00:24:54,819like us to send you this gift, please don’t give anonymously, and remember to24200:24:54,920 –> 00:24:59,520include your address so that we can send you your gift. For Open the Bible and24300:24:59,520 –> 00:25:04,000Pastor Colin Smith I’m David Pick and I hope you’ll join us again next time on24400:25:04,000 –> 00:25:06,900Open the Bible.24500:25:12,160 –> 00:25:17,619Do you want to make more progress in pursuit of a holy life? The first letter24600:25:17,619 –> 00:25:23,739of John, chapter 1, verse 9, tells us exactly how. Find out more next time on24700:25:23,739 –> 00:25:26,500Open the Bible.
