Book of 1 John Chapter 1 Vs. 10

 Walking in the Light

1 John 1:10 “If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.”

we have not sinned (οὐχ ἡμαρτήκαμεν)

Committed sins. Sin regarded as an act. The state is expressed by ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ ἔχομεν we have no or not sin (1Jhn. 1:8).

All have sinned. When we become a Christian, we must not live in sin. It must not be our way of life. We must not desire to sin in our heart.

To deny one’s sinfulness (verse 8), or sins is not just to deceive oneself; it is to make God a liar by denying His Word. Both Old and New Testaments stress the universality of man’s sin (Job 4:17; Psm. 14:3; Isa. 53:6; Rom. 3:10-18, 23).

Make Him a... Since God has said that all people are sinners (Psm. 14:3; 51:5; Isa. 53:6; Jer. 17:5-6; Rom. 3:10-19, 23 6:23), to deny that fact is to blaspheme God with slander that defames His name.

We make Him (ποιοῦμεν αὐτὸν)

A phrase characteristic of John. See John 5:18; 8:53; 10:33; 19:7, 19:12.

His word (ὁ λόγος αὐτοῦ )

Not the personal Word, as John 1:1, but the divine message of the Gospel. See Luke 5:1; 8:11; Acts 4:31; 6:2, 6:7, etc. Compare the truth is not in us (1Jhn. 1:8). The truth is the substance of the word. The word carries the truth. The word both moves the man (John 8:31, 8:32) and abides in him (John 5:38; 8:37). The man also abides in the word (John 8:31).

However, after a believer sins, he should not deny that sin. If we claim we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar and His Word has no place in our lives. This statement should be read in direct connection with 1Jhn. 1:9. When a Christian is confronted by God’s Word about his sins, he should admit them rather than deny them. To deny one’s personal sin in the face of God’s testimony to the contrary, is to make God out to be a liar. By contradicting His Word, a person rejects it and refuses to give it the proper place in his life.