Ernest T. Bass
Well-Known Member
You sin against Christ. He is the judge. Because of the Grace of Christ, God the Father never sees your sins. You are presented to the Father, righteous and justified. Our sins are between us and Christ. He was given all authority. That is why the scriptures can say...for where there is no law there is no transgression and those that abide in Christ cannot sin.
If the Christian will not repent of that sin, then God does not overlook it. Yet "IF" the Christian continues to walk in the light (includes repentance) then the blood of Christ washes away all sins (1 John 1:7) and the Christian is seen as blameless, spotless, 2 Peter 3:14. "IF" the Christian will not repent, then he is no longer walking in the light and his sins are no longer cleansed away by the blood of Christ.
IF it is impossible for the Christian to sin, then Christ shed His blood for no reason. But 1 John 1:7 shows the necessity of Christ's blood to keep the Christian spotless, blameless by having all sins continued to be washed away. Yet 'cannot' does not mean 'impossible'.
1 John 1:8 for a Christian to say he has no sin....is a sin.