Genuine Change: Walking in The Light

"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 to have fellowship with Him yet walk in 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." -- 1 John 1:5-7

"Light " in this passage is a metaphor which refers to the life we have in God as well as God's revelation of Himself to mankind. God has been kind and merciful to reveal Himself to us so we might participate in the life found in Him. Take a moment this morning to consider how dark and hopeless your life would be without the light and life found in Christ! John's use of "light" is an incredibly appropriate metaphor to use in reference to our God!

"Light" in this passage also indicates the kind of life we receive when we place faith in Christ. John contrasts light and darkness thereby indicating that the life we receive in Christ is completely perfect and holy. John wrote 1 John in part to confront those who were teaching a person could have life in Christ and yet not be changed morally. The Apostle begins his defense against such heresy with a statement concerning the character of God; God is perfectly holy. John's message is simply this, God has revealed Himself to mankind and all who receive Life found in God will be holy as God is holy. He is not teaching that Christians will always be sinless but rather that true believers in Christ would never be able to reconcile sin to their life as they had before coming to the Light of Christ.

God has revealed Himself so we might have a genuinely changed life in Him. If you have not experienced real transformation in your life come to the "Light" and have faith in Christ for a new life in Him today!

James