We read in 1 John 1: “This is the message we have heard from
him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we
claim we have fellowship with him, and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do
not live by 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.”
So, what is light? Light is the absence of darkness. It is
truth. It is revelation. Light is also God’s holiness and his righteousness.
The opposite of light, thus, is sin, unrighteousness, wickedness and utter
selfishness.
So, if we claim we are walking in the light of the truth of
God’s holy word, and yet our lifestyles reveal that we are actually walking and
living according to the norms of our societies or according to the cravings of
our fleshly desires, then we are liars, and the truth is not in us.
Yet, if we live our daily lives according to the truth found
in God’s holy word, the Bible, and we walk in his holiness and righteousness,
then not only will we have fellowship with the Father and with his Son, Jesus
Christ, but we will enjoy the sweet fellowship and harmony of the Spirit of God
with other followers of Jesus Christ who are also living their lives in the
light of his love and grace. And, the blood of Jesus Christ will purify us from
all sin.
So, how do we do this? – Only by God’s grace! Jesus said,
“If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross
daily and follow me.” The scriptures say we must die to our old lives of living
to please ourselves and of gratifying our sinful human natures, we must be
transformed in heart and mind by the power and working of the Holy Spirit of
God at work within us, via Jesus’ shed blood on the cross for our sins, and we
must put on our new lives in Christ, created to be like Christ in true
righteousness and holiness.
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