And the reason we are so deceived is that the truth has found no place in us. Church and Christian people seem to be on the butt-end of periodic sarcasm. He is the infinitely desirable One. But John chose the word light not truth in verse 5. Not because you want it to be, but because it is impossible unless we both walk in the light. First, verse 5 gives the message of Christ that John has heard. Now we have asked two of our three questions of verse 7. 5:5). God is the source of all light. You don’t even get to first base in true knowledge if you leave God out of account. But our newness consists in this: that the true light is shining in our hearts revealing the dreadfulness of our remaining sin and the abundance of God’s grace. Appearance is everything for those walking in darkness. What Does “Walking in the Light” Actually Mean. One of the greatest of these is fellowship with the Triune God, as we learn to share and model His character. The reason he was controlled by his desire for the man-eating monster is that he was in the dark. When the people asked Jesus who the Son of Man was, He spoke of Himself as the light of the world. When you walk in the darkness, you may stumble over a log, or step on a rattlesnake, or fall off a cliff, or hit your head on a low-hanging branch. Thus we choose, by His enabling grace, to live righteously moment-by-moment. Who is the “one another”? So we must ask three questions: We have already answered the first question: walking in the light means living under the controlling desire for God instead of the world — the kind of life you live if you see things the way God sees them and share his values. He derives the conditions for fellowship from the nature of God. Or we could say the light of God comes into the heart. In sum, then, the on-going cleansing of the blood of Jesus in our lives refers to two things. Verse 6 would suggest that it is God and the believer. Let’s try to see the overall structure of this paragraph first, and then go back and unpack its meaning. Jesus came into the world to reveal it. Verse 9 we have already discussed in connection with verse 7. The conditional particle “if” implies that we have a choice whether or not we shall walk in the light. Therefore one of the great signs of maturity in Christ is a deep and abiding brokenness for sin. 5:13), what we should be, and how we can change to become more like Jesus. It frustrates your ability to attain your goal. then the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin.” What does this mean? What is the main value of light? It means we think we cannot afford to be known for who we really are, because we fear rejection, punishment, abandonment. And if he shed his blood in order to accomplish his purpose, then his blood cleanses not only in that it covers but also in that it conquers sin. Christians are light in the sense that as we share the character of Him who is light, our lives serve as light to a world immersed in darkness. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth; but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. Defending Christian Hedonism exegetically is one thing; helping people feel the ethos of it is something else. Think about ways you hide from God and others. The reason this is called walking in darkness is that the only way people can desire things more than God is if they are blind to the light of God. In the opening verses of his First Epistle, John speaks of the privilege and joy of fellowship with God the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ (1 John 1:3). 13:12). The grammar here is ambiguous, but the context suggests that “one with another” means we who walk in the light have fellowship with God and with His Son, Jesus Christ (1 John 1:3).*. “For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life” (Proverbs 6:23). Notice that the same word for passing away is used in 1 John 2:17, “The world is passing away and the desire of it.” From this I would conclude that walking in darkness means being controlled by desires for this world instead of desires for God. This is the message we ha… In verse 9 sins are forgiven. But let’s review its meaning. This terrifies most people, but it’s the only way we ever really find life. They say the way we live after putting our faith in Christ has nothing to do with our salvation. He is the source of all that is true and whatever is true is true because it conforms to him. There is no assurance of salvation while you are living in disobedience. The devil seeks either to blind people to the light (2 Cor. Application: Walk in the Light (verses 6–7). Verse 6 shows what destroys fellowship with God — walking in darkness. All gracious affections, which are a sweet odour to Christ, filling the soul of a Christian with a heavenly sweetness and fragrancy, are broken-hearted affections. Keeping a firearm handy just in case. It may sound like light has dawned. There is truth in this. In order to do this we need to look at some key biblical statements that describe the nature and function of light. (2) And it refers to the moral power of the blood of Jesus to help us conquer temptation so that in the end all of our sin will actually be overcome and we will stand really pure and sinless before God (Philippians 1:6). According to verse 7 two things accompany walking in the light: “If we walk in the light”. Verse 9: “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”, Then to drive home the clarification John repeats the point of verse 8, only with stronger words. Being loved by God—and in return, loving God—requires that the believer also love his brother. John further says that the person who claims to have fellowship with God while walking in darkness is lying and not practicing the truth (1 John 1:6). Proverbs says that no one who visits the “forbidden woman” will return to the paths of life. For some readers the word truth may leave open the possibility that the truth of God is a dark truth — a foreboding truth, a truth that is not inviting. It is brokenness for remaining sin mingled with a joyful confidence in the super-abounding grace of God in Christ. All God’s forgiveness is based on the blood of His Son that was shed at Calvary. You find freedom and hope and joy. At least we should say, “Father, I have sinned and am not worthy to be called your child. It simply means giving up the games we play, letting down our defenses and pretenses and “getting real” with God and others. the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made “If we walk in the light . In this sermon, I wish to explore the application of John’s premise that God is light to our lives as Christians. Light is a revealer of right and wrong. ), we don’t hide it or pretend it isn’t there, we simply give it to Jesus, and his blood purifies us from it, healing us as we walk with others in the light of his presence. A truly Christian love, either to God or men, is an humble broken-hearted love. the cleansing that is promised (“and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin”). “For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light” (Ephesians 5:8). John’s evidences of fellowship are not proofs of whether a believer is right with God, but they are proofs of whether one is saved at all! . The primary way a person receives light is through God’s Word. John makes a connection here between the way we walk and the effectiveness of the blood of Christ to cleanse us of sin. and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. In other words, does it refer to progressive sanctification or to the on-going experience of justification? “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.” In other words, the claim of sinlessness is simply self-deception. So we actually can afford to come into the light, stay there and walk in the light, because when we notice sin (because it’s obvious in the light! Third, verses 8–10 answer a possible misunderstanding of verses 6 and 7, and so clarify their meaning. To choose gravel over diamonds you have to be blind. Thats what John begins to do in verses 510. He that loveth his brother abides in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. “He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. Remember the picture of the man in a dark room. But what does it mean to “walk in the light”?

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