1 John 2 -- Not "Just A Little", But "None"

John says that he writes to us so we will NOT sin.  He did not write, “ … so that you sin just as little as you can,” my commentary said.  It also pointed out that Jesus likewise told the woman caught in adultery, “Go and sin NO MORE.” 

God knows we are dust, and that we will sin again, and when we sin (not when we confess our sin), He comes to us to repair the broken fellowship with us.  He seeks to bring up to the point where we desire to confess our sin and stop doing it.  Our sin breaks our fellowship with God, but never our relationship, it added.

Verse 3 reminded us of a very important fact, “We can be sure that we know God if we obey His commands.”  And that amounts to not sinning.

Father, how each of us would probably dearly love to never sin again and hurt Your heart.  Yet we do it anyway.  And in ways we can never imagine or fathom, You continue to love us anyway, despite ourselves.  Thank You for such love.

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford