1JOHN 1:5-2:2

1 John 1:5 - 2:2 (TMSG) 5 This, in essence, is the message we heard from Christ and are passing on to you: God is light, pure light; there’s not a trace of darkness in him. 6 If we claim that we experience a shared life with him and continue to stumble around in the dark, we’re obviously lying through our teeth—we’re not living what we claim. 7 But if we walk in the light, God himself being the light, we also experience a shared life with one another, as the sacrificed blood of Jesus, God’s Son, purges all our sin. 8 If we claim that we’re free of sin, we’re only fooling ourselves. A claim like that is errant nonsense. 9 On the other hand, if we admit our sins—make a clean breast of them—he won’t let us down; he’ll be true to himself. He’ll forgive our sins and purge us of all wrongdoing. 10 If we claim that we’ve never sinned, we out-and-out contradict God—make a liar out of him. A claim like that only shows off our ignorance of God. 1 I write this, dear children, to guide you out of sin. But if anyone does sin, we have a Priest-Friend in the presence of the Father: Jesus Christ, righteous Jesus. 2 When he served as a sacrifice for our sins, he solved the sin problem for good—not only ours, but the whole world’s. The Only Way to Know We’re in Him God is light. That is so comforting. He contains no darkness. He will shed His light on all of our dark places and bring them into the light. He will clean up our life if we truly know Him. the problem is when we only say that and actually continue to walk in our old ways. We also can't claim that we are free of sin. By doing this we say we don't need God and what He sent His Son to do for us. But we have a way to clense ourselves of our sins. This is through our Lord Jesus Christ. His blood paid the price for our sins and washed them away. We just have to have the faith to accept this and to let His light shine on us. When we do stumble, and we will because we aren't perfect, we have Christ as our mediator with the Lord. Confess to Him your sins and trust in Him to wash them away. This is what it means to be in fellowship with God.