Walk in the Light

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Walk in the Light
1 John 15-7
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Letters to Santa

• Dear Santa, You did not bring me anything good
  last year. You did not bring me anything good the
  year before that. This is your last chance. Alfred

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Letters to Santa

• Dear Santa, There are 3 boys in our house.
  Jeffery is 2 and is good some of the time. David
  is 4 and is good some of the time. Norman is 7
  and he is good all the time.Norman

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Fellowship with God

• Like Norman, we can have a distorted view of our
  sins and our relationship with God.
• Some people
• Dont understand the nature of our Holy God
• Think that everybody is good and will be saved
• Believe that all are sinners and dont stand a
  chance of being in heaven
• Think they are perfect, like Norman
• Feel that perfection is impossible, it is hopeless

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Light and Darkness

• God is light
• 1 John 15 - This is the message which we have
  heard from Him and declare to you, that God is
  light and in Him is no darkness at all.

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Light and Darkness

• God is light lets us know that
• God is simply fantastic, glorious, visible,
  enlightening
• God is open and available to all
• God is pure and holy
• God can show us the way to live

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Light and Darkness

• There is no darkness in God
• God is NOT Hidden, evil,
• God is NOT Stained by sin
• God is NOT Impossible to find
• God is holy, pure, good, visible, open,
  available, easy to find

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Light and Darkness

• Darkness symbolizes
• Life without Christ
• Life without knowledge
• Chaos
• Immorality
• Failure
• Opposite of love
• Lords enemies

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Light and Darkness

• Summary
• God is light good, no evil
• God is NOT darkness

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The Big Lie

• The lie is a denial of sin and the results of sin
  in our lives
• Some see sin as gone forever at baptism
• Some thought they had risen above sin
• Gnostics thought they knew how to rise above the
  temptations of the world

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The Big Lie

• John identifies the lie
• I John 16 - If we say that we have fellowship
  with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not
  practice the truth.
• 1 John 18 - If we say that we have no sin, we
  deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

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The Big Lie

• I John 110 - If we say that we have not sinned,
  we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

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Sinful Men / Holy God

• How can sinful men have fellowship with a Holy
  God?
• Fellowship occurs when we are in the light
• Romans 1313a - Let us walk properly, as in the
  day
• Ephesians 58 - For you were once darkness, but
  now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children
  of light

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Sinful Men / Holy God

• 2 Corinthians 46 - For it is the God who
  commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has
  shone in our hearts to give the light of the
  knowledge of the glory of God in the face of
  Jesus Christ.
• 1 Thessalonians 54-5 - 4But you, brethren, are
  not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake
  you as a thief. 5You are all sons of light and
  sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of
  darkness.

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Sinful Men / Holy God

• Fellowship happens through a light based life
• Must we be as good as God to have fellowship?
• God is light no darkness in Him
• We are sinners, affected by darkness
• It is hopeless to think we can fellowship God
• The blood of Jesus brings us into the light
• The blood of Jesus keeps us clean

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Questions

• Are you walking in the light today?
• Are you confident that your sins are forgiven?
• Are you in fellowship with God?

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