Good for the Soul Today's Three-minute Bible Study Print, Study and Apply Title: Good for the Soul ------------- Date: 11/18/1998 Keywords: "cleansing" "confession" "deceit" Welcome to eXXit, the web site designed to help you stand strong in the face of sexual temptation. Passage: 1 John 1:8-10* 8. If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us. Questions 1. Verse 8 above describes the way of self-deceit. After reading this verse, would you say that any person lives totally separate from sin?   2. Look at verse 10. According to this verse, we can "make God a liar." That is, we can contradict by our words what He has made clear in His Word. What is the way we can make God out to be a liar?   3. Sandwiched in between these two verses about personal sin is the remedy for sin. What does John say we must do if we have sinned and what will God do in response?   Practical Help We have all heard, "Confession is good for the soul." That saying is true — and biblical! That saying applies to those who struggle against pornography. In addition to being foolish, soul-destroying and a form of walking in darkness (away from the God who is light), feeding on a steady supply of pornography is sinful in the eyes of God. If you are caught in pornography's web, there are many things that will no doubt need to happen on the way to becoming free. But the first step is to admit to God that what you have been doing is wrong in His sight. Confess your sin, and you will find fresh forgiveness and cleansing from a God who loves to lavish His grace on honest believers. If you do not know the Lord Jesus as Savior and want to find out how to become a Christian, click here. eXXit homepage Index of three-minute studies Copyright 1998 by eXXit *"Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, © Copyright The Lockman Foundation 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995. Used by permission."