We need the Gospel all the time because we sin. Learning what to do with sin as a new Christian is really important. The Holy Spirit transforms us as we learn to think like Jesus, act like Jesus and love like Jesus.
One of the first conversations a new Christian needs to have is about how God forgives past sin before we were Christians and future sin we commit after we become Christians. We're going to keep sinning even as we mature and we need to know how we can be strong in the face of temptation and how we can keep repentant when we fail.
task:
Read 1 John 1:5‐10 and prepare to explain what it looks like to “walk in the light as He is in the light” and how “if we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
True fellowship with God and with one another comes from “walking in light”—being honest about where we are at in our walk with God, knowing that we are forgiven and that we can be cleansed from our sin.
Meet up to read through 1 John 1:5‐10 and to discuss this concept.
Questions to ask:
(Be sure to give examples and answers from your life. How confessing sin to others helped bring freedom and cleansing. Walking in the light yourself is the best way to teach this concept.)
- How are you doing with believing that God forgives you?
- What do you do after you are convicted of sin?
- What does it look like for you to walk in the light in community?
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