I John Walk in the Light - Live in the Truth

I John

Walk in the Light - Live in the Truth

John is the disciple of love in 1 John.

 He uses the word love at least 35 times.

Yet, in the first chapter he does

 not use the word love at all.

The first chapter is laying a foundation for his

message on love that will follow in the other 4 chapters.

In the first 4 verses of 1 John,

 the point is Jesus is real.

The next 3 verses John tells

us the message of Jesus.

“God is light” and how we can have

fellowship with God and one another.

The word “Fellowship” in the Greek

is koinonia  (koy-nohn-ee'-ah).

It means “partnership” “participation”.

 John wants us to know that the type of fellowship we are

to have with God and with other believers is not casual.

 

It is not the idea that we hang

out together from time to time.

It is not the idea that we share some of the same values.

God is Light.

If we say we fellowship or partner with God and

our values or conduct is in the shadows or darkness

than we lie about our fellowship with Him.

We must live by the truth or we

are not in fellowship with God.

These are strong words but the fact of

the matter is without these words God

would not be the light and the truth.

Our fellowship with God goes beyond

part time and physical service.

When we partner with Him the very thought

and attitudes inside us must be pure.

Because God’s light exposes darkness

in all of us we should note…

There is a difference between

“us partnering with God” and

“God partnering with us”.

When we partner with God,

His light exposed all kinds of secrets

in us - nothing is hid from His sight.

 

 

“For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. “Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.” Hebrew 4:12-13 NIV

 

 

This is a good thing because when we walk in His

light and our darkness, and lies about it, are exposed.

Jesus’ blood poured out on the cross has

the power to “purify us from ALL sin”.

That means in our fellowship with God

and others, change will take place in us.

When we “Walk in the light”

we will “Live in the truth”.

When you partner and participate with God, His light

will continually reveal to you better ways of doing things.

Fellowshipping with God means

 being willing to change.

Scripture Reading

1 John 1 NIV

1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched — this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2 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. 3 We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4 We write this to make our joy complete.

5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. 7 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.

8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.