Walking in the Light 1 John 1:7 - Equipped for Battle

Have you ever stubbed your toe on an item that you did not know was there in the middle of the night? One minute you're feeling your way around and though it is dark, you are going just fine, but then, ouch! You hit something unexpected. I haven't met a single person yet who enjoys that experience. In today's verse the apostle John shares the benefit to walking in the light of God. He writes in 1:John 1:7 -



If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanses us from all sin.



(This verse has so much in it that we will take two days to go through it.) John has been talking about



God wants to have fellowship (koinonia) with men and women, and yet as we learned in previous verses, God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. Man generally walks in darkness (sin), and since he does, he cannot have fellowship with God. This presents a problem that John addresses in this verse. Man must walk in the light to have fellowship with God, and the moment he or she walks in the light fellowship is established. The question is: How does a person turn from walking in darkness (sin) to walking in the light? The answer: by turning the light on.



Have you ever noticed that as soon as a light is turned on in a dark room the darkness goes away? Have you ever wondered where it went? You know that it is around because the moment you turn the light off again, the darkness reappears. But, where did it go? Much is the same when a person decides to receive Jesus into their lives. Jesus said, "I am the light of the world". Those who are wise learn quickly that in order to have fellowship with God, a person simply receives Jesus as their savior, and the light is turned on. Darkness goes away, and fellowship with God is known.



Walk in the light, as He is in the light, and enjoy fellowship with God today.



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