Walking in the Light (1 John 1:5-10)
God is Light
1 John 1:5 - God is
John 1:1-4 - Jesus is
John 8:12 - Jesus says “I am the light of the
35 So Jesus said to them, “The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest
overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. 36 While you have the light, in the light, that you may become sons of .” —John 12:35-36
Walking in the Light
6 If we say we have
with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the . 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son us from all . —1 John 1:6-7 “Speaking the truth is only one part of ‘doing’ the truth and not the most important. To ‘do the truth’ is to give expression to the highest at which one is capable in every sphere of his being. It relates to action, and conduct and feeling, as well as to word and thought.” —A.E. Brooke
Don’t Deny Sin, Confess it.
8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is
and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all . 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. —1 John 1:8-10
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