PROCLAMATION
“… God is
light; in Him there is no darkness at all.
If we claim to have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we
lie and do not live out 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, purifies us from all sin.” 1 John 1:5-7 (NIV)
EXPLANATION
These words
were written by the apostle John, under the inspiration of The Holy Spirit of
God, to all believers. John begins this
first epistle by proclaiming that Jesus, The Christ, rose from the dead and he
saw Him, heard Him, and touched Him. (1 John 1:1-3) In this letter he is declaring to them what
he heard from Christ. (1 John 1:4-5) He
said that God is light and there is no darkness in Him. John told them if they walk in the light, the
blood of Christ Jesus covers them and purifies them from all sin. He said, if we claim to have fellowship with
Christ and yet we walk in darkness, then we lie. (1 John 1:5-7) He also says that we lie if we claim to be
without sin. (1 John 1:8 and 1:10) “If
we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and
purify us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)
APPLICATION
Most people
do not like to be told that they are sinners and that their parents were
sinners also. The truth is that all of
us are sinners. (Romans 3:23) The only
difference between us is that some of us have accepted Christ, confessed our
sins, and we have been forgiven, while others have not done so. Believers have chosen to walk a different
path and we walk in the light along the least-travelled path. (Matthew
7:14) Many people deny Christ and have
chosen to remain in darkness and walk the well-travelled wide path which leads
to destruction. (Matthew 7:13) Jesus,
The Christ, said, “I am the way…” (John 14:6) and He also said, “I am the light
of the world …” (John 8:12) We have a
choice, we can choose whether or not we want to walk in the light. Please choose wisely because there are
eternal consequences for our choice.
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