What is the comfort when a believer sins?
The comfort is that if any believer sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One. Scripture says if any man sin, we have this advocate, and that is our comfort. It is not license to sin, but assurance for every believer who fails.
Les explains that Satan is accusing every time a believer sins, and the question is what comfort believers come back with. He points to 1 John, saying this is the comfort: “If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One.” Les clarifies this does not license sin—it does not mean one can go ahead and do these things because there is an advocate—but if we fail, and every one of us does and will, and Satan is accusing us, this advocate is our comfort. Even the Corinthian believers had this as their backdrop.
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:
What happens when a Christian sins?
When a Christian sins, he has an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous. That advocate intercedes for him continually, present twenty-four hours a day, every day of the year. All three persons of the Trinity are constantly working on the believer's behalf.
What is our comfort when we sin according to 1 John 2:1?
According to 1 John 2:1, when any believer sins, the comfort is that we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One. This advocacy is not a license to sin, but a provision for failure, since every believer fails and faces Satan’s accusations.
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What happens when a believer sins?
If any man sins, he has an advocate and intercessor who intercedes for him to the Father.