The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum In much depression

'If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from ALL unrighteousness (1John 1:8-9).

I see no qualification in these verses. All sin is venial, save only blasphemy against the Holy Spirit. This is the sin against which the Hebrew Christians were warned. They were contemplating leaving the Faith and returning to the Pharisaic Judaism out of which they had come, hence, 'denying the Lord that bought them' (2Peter 2:1; cf. vs 21-22).

Cheer up, man! Take your sins to the Lord, confess them and leave them behind you, in every sense of the words.

Steve