Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—1 John 2:1-11
by: Joy Choquette.
Verse 2 tells us that Christ is the atoning sacrifice for us. Living in modern times, this phrase may be unfamiliar. An atoning sacrifice was a sacrifice that was made for sin. In ancient times, animals were sacrificed to reconcile mankind with God. Thankfully, because of Jesus’s work on the cross, we no longer have to offer physical sacrifices to experience reconciliation with our Lord. There is, however, an important step that is required of us as Christians: to love our brothers and sisters. If we hate (despise, ignore, gossip about, make trouble with) other believers, verse 11 says we are walking in darkness not with God’s light guiding us.
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