If
November 30.
If
1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Underline those little words that if. That means it might happen and it might not happen. If is the central word in the word life. If you drop the L off the front of the word life and E off the back, sandwiched right in the middle is the word if. That’s why the old folk used to say “I’ll see you next Sunday if it’s the Lord’s will.” The devil used that word when Jesus was in the wilderness. He said, “If you are the Son of God, command these stones to turn into bread.” He said it again when Jesus was hanging on Calvary’s cross.” If you be the Christ, save yourself and others and come down from the cross.”
Indeed that word if is scattered all over the Bible. 2 Chronicles 7:14, If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Matthew 16:24, Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. John 12:32, And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. John 15:7, If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Romans 10:9, That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 2 Corinthians 5:1, For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 Corinthians 5:17, Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. Galatians 6:3, If a man think himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. A powerful little word.
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