[Biblemat] A Question

[Dudley Ross Spears]

  Dudley Ross Spears to Ken Thomas

  The following is a commentary from the late Robertson L. Whiteside. Especially the last few sentences might help in answering your question.

  "But 'if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another.' Here is the true basis of fellowship. When fellowship is had on any other grounds, it is not worth the having. When two have the same aims and walk by the same rule, they have fellowship; and two people who have fellowship with God, have fellowship with one another. There could be no fellowship between John and the false teachers, for they walked in the darkness; but there was fellowship between him and all others who walked in the gospel light. And when people walk in the light, not only is there fellowship between them, but they also have the cleansing blood of Christ. This blood cleanses such people from all sin. This would include all those sins of which we may not be conscious. God graciously blots out such sins, as well as those of which we are conscious and of which we repent; and the next three verses of the chapter show that we all sin, whether consciously or unconsciously, and that God is faithful and just to forgive our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness, if we confess our sins. And that is a blessing for which every sincere disciple of Christ is profoundly thankful." (R.L. Whiteside, Gospel Advocate Annual Lesson Commentary, 1937, page 291.) 

  Hope this might help.

  Dudley Ross Spears, drs4285 at bellsouth.net
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