1 John 1-10
If it makes
us happy, we want to share it! When it fills our heart with joy, we want to
share it! When it gives us hope, we want to share it! When it brings us such
love and peace we can handle anything, we have to share it!
John shared
the message of the Lord because as he stated in 1 John 1:4; “We write this to
make our joy complete.”
As John and many others of that time did, we have not
seen, touched or heard Jesus in person, so we cannot truly fathom how a man with
such greatness could walk this earth in genuine humility. It’s a beautiful
story, yet quite difficult to comprehend.
Getting this
account straight from those who experienced it first hand is exciting! “The
life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the
eternal life, which was with the father and has appeared to us.” 1 John 1:2
John
continues by telling us; "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and
will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we
have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our
lives.”
Walking in
the light is an expression used to give us an honest look at ourselves. In the
light all of our flaws are revealed. Standing strong in the Lord, admitting our
wrongs and asking for forgiveness is walking in the light WITH the Lord.
Pretending we have no sin is walking in darkness, and we cannot walk with God
in that place, for he is not there.
“But if we
walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another,
the blood of Jesus, his Son purifies us from all sin.” 1 John 1: 7I love the lyric; "The more broke we are the more the light gets through." in a song by
Jason Gray called Glow in the Dark. This dark world needs his light!
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