1John
2:1 ¶ My little children, these things
write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with
the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: 2
And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also
for the sins of the whole world.
I read a
commentator who made a note that when John refers to little children he
is literally referring to new Christians, new believers in Christ, unskilled
and a little naïve but this could just be a reflection of his pastoral care and
authority over them addressing all believers. Remember that Jesus referred to
His disciples as little children.
John
13:33 Little children, yet a little
while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I
go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.
Whatever
the case may be, whether he is talking to new believers or actual saved
children he warns them not to sin. But if they sin they have an advocate in
Jesus Christ, who knew no sin and who pleads our case before God the Father.
Romans
3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a
propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the
remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 26 To declare, I say, at this time his
righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth
in Jesus.
Christ
satisfied the righteous wrath, propitiation, of a Holy God when He died on the
Cross and we were justified legally when He rose from the dead. This was not
exclusive to the Jews of His time but offered to all mankind, if they would
receive it.
John
3:16 For God so loved the world, that he
gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish,
but have everlasting life.
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