1John 1:5-6 This is the message we have heard from Him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with Him while awe walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
If we are living a life with unconfessed sin, we are separated from God. Light and darkness cannot occupy the same place at the same time. John tells us here that if we are continuing to sin, and telling others that we have fellowship with God, we are lying and not telling the truth. Not only that, but this sin in our life is interfering with our fellowship with God and other Christians.
Maybe you justify it by saying "it's just a little sin that isn't affecting anyone." But that's not true as sin affects everyone. It is like a cancer that continually eats away at the believers life taking them further away from God and other believers.
The good news of the Gospel is that God is faithful in that if we confess that sin and turn away from it, He will forgive us that sin and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If you are living a lie, confess it to God and ask for forgiveness. He'll restore that close fellowship you had with Him when you first believed.
1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
God Bless You
