Walk in the Light

This Sunday I begin a sermon series on 1 John that will last for the next six Sundays. On April 19, my focus will be on 1 John 1:1 - 2:2.

This letter is one that tells us believers that our actions should square with our faith. The apostle John puts it like this concerning our faith in God: "If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true." 1 John 1:6

Do we always recognize the dissonance in our lives? Are there times when we might be walking in darkness but not really believe it? Certainly, we can deceive ourselve by not naming our waywardness as sin. Apparently, some Christians in John's audience were not quick to identify sin in their own lives. They were deceiving themselves.

Notice, too, what the apostle says about God. "God is light and in him there is no darkness at all." 1 John 1:5 By basking in the light of God, we can know how to live. Jesus came to be the light of the world, and he told us also to be light in our world. There is to be a correlation between what we believe and how we live. We will see more and more of this emphasis as we go through this letter.

Can you identify what might be darkness in your own life; i.e. where you are not walking in God's ways? Do you believe the light from God can help expose that darkness for what it is and transform your life?