Begin with prayer: “God, I ask you to speak to me
through your Word, the Bible. Speak to my heart to
understand what you want to say to me. Amen.”

Romans 3
²³For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ²⁴and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. ²⁵God presented Him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in His blood. He did this to demonstrate His justice, because in His forbearance He had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished.

Q- According to verse 23, who sins?


Q- Yet verse 24 says that God declares us not guilty. Why?


Q- Verse 25 – How are people made right with God?

Ephesians 1
⁷In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God's grace.

Q- Are we forgiven because we stop sinning?

1 John 4
¹⁰This is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

Q- Why are we forgiven?

Romans 5
¹Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ...

Q- Why do we have peace with God?

Yet we still sin, and God is aware of this.

1 John 1
⁸If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. ⁹If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰If we claim we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar and His word has no place in our lives.

Q- What does God want us to do with our sins?


Q- What two things will God do when we confess our sins to Him?


Q- How does God feel about denial or downplaying our sins?

Hebrews 4
¹⁶Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Conclusion: Summarize what God wants us to do when we sin.

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