The Wrong Path – Grace And Reconciliation

Jan 12, 2026 Grace by Percy Parakh

1 John 1:5–10 NIV

Light and Darkness, Sin and Forgiveness

5 This is the message we have heard^k from him and declare to you: God is light;^l in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness,^m we lie and do not live out the truth.ⁿ 7 But if we walk in the light,^o as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all^b sin.^p

8 If we claim to be without sin,^q we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.^r 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins^s and purify us from all unrighteousness.^t 10 If we claim we have not sinned,^u we make him out to be a liar^v and his word is not in us.^w

1 John 2:1-6 NIV

1 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers

3 We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands.

4 Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person.

5 But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him:

6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.

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Seeking Reconciliation – Faith And Salvation

Jul 26, 2021 Hope, Peace by Percy Parakh

Romans 5:1-11 NIV

Peace and Hope

5 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we^[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, ²through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we^[b] boast in the hope of the glory of God.

³Not only so, but we^[c] also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; ⁴perseverance, character; and character, hope. ⁵And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

⁶You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. ⁷Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. ⁸But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

⁹Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! ¹⁰For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!

¹¹Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.