When we come to know the Lord, it is our desire to live near God and be as perfect as we can, however at our best we do sin. Sinning after salvation, God has a remedy for that too! When the Apostle John was instructing us how to deal with sin after we are saved, here are some instructions as to how we are to live with our faults and sin. "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." 1 John 2:1.

We know John was addressing the saved Christian because he spoke to them as "My little children", he certain was not condoning their sinning, but he knew their weakness , therefore he was instructing them what to do.

Here sometimes young or weak Christians fail, become discouraged and give up on themselves as a failure. Many of the great giants of the Bible failed, and failed miserably, but they repented and got up and continued their lives. The Apostle Peter was forever failing, the Lord at one point said to Peter "But I have prayed for thee, that they faith fail not; and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren." Luke 22:32. Christ did not mean when he was saved again, he was a faltering failing disciple, but when you can overcome your backsliding, then you can strengthen your brethren. The disciples ask the Lord to teach them to pray; as John also taught his disciples. And he said unto them, "When ye pray, say our Father which art in Heaven hallowed be thy name, thy Kingdome come, thy will be done, as in heaven so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread and forgive us our sins." Luke 11:2,3. "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness". 1 John 1:9.