”Fellowship with God through Christ’s Atonement” (1 John 2:1-2)

“Fellowship with God through Christ's Atonement” (1 John 2:1–2)
Pastor Cameron Jungels
Eastside Baptist Church
Sunday AM, May 1, 2016

My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father-- Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.  2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
(1 John 2:1-2, NIV)

1.    Christians take sin seriously and strive diligently in the power of the Spirit to eliminate sin from their lives (1a).

2.    Our salvation, though, does not rest on our ability to live a sinless life but on Christ’s perfect atoning sacrifice (1b–2).

Main Idea: Christians fight against sin in their own lives, but their trust is in Christ’s atonement to bring them home to God.