1 John 1
1 We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life. 2 This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have seen him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was revealed to us. 3 We proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4 We are writing these things so that you may fully share our joy. 5 This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all. 6 So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. 7 But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
8 If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. 9 But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts.
Mike's Thoughts:
The past 26 readings have all been pointing to this: God wants to walk with you. John actually walked with Jesus. He was a first hand eyewitness. The rest of 1John is dedicated to how we can and should walk with God. He calls us to walk in the light. We know we can't do that perfectly, that is why Jesus came. God needs us to acknowledge that we sin. Not so he can punish us, but so we can accept God's grace. Jesus didn't just come to wash our sins. He came so that we could be connected and walk with God. Forgiveness of sins was needed so that we could do just that.
Prayer:
God, Thanks for the removal of sin from my soul. Thanks that even though my mind and body has committed sin you have removed the stain of sin from my soul. Thanks that I can connect and even walk with you. Help me to focus on walking in the light. Help me to acknowledge when I sin, and at the same time accept the forgiveness. Help me to see the life with you that I can live.--amen
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