Quiet Time #8 - Living In The Light
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9 NIV
The whole context of this verse is in verses 8 to 10: (here it is in the NLT) "If we claim we have no sin, we are only fooling ourselves and not living in the truth. 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. If we claim we have not sinned, we are calling God a liar and showing that his word has no place in our hearts."
Humility
Meaning only when one admits that he/she has sinned and fallen short of God's glorious standard will the Lord look down upon that person and heal and save him/her by His amazing grace -- making him/her a child of light, a child born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God (born again) -- a child of God.
Live in the Light
Now after being reborn, these children would not be immune to sinning and could still, from time to time, fall short and when (not if) they do, their Father in heaven is faithful to forgive them, when they confess and turn from their wayward ways -- thus continuing to live in the light.
All sins live in darkness and just loves to stay there and be kept hidden. Now, no child of God lives and stays in the dark because light lives inside them and finds a way to come back into the light.
"This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all." 1 John 1:5 NLT
Now after being reborn, these children would not be immune to sinning and could still, from time to time, fall short and when (not if) they do, their Father in heaven is faithful to forgive them, when they confess and turn from their wayward ways -- thus continuing to live in the light.
All sins live in darkness and just loves to stay there and be kept hidden. Now, no child of God lives and stays in the dark because light lives inside them and finds a way to come back into the light.
"This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all." 1 John 1:5 NLT
Song For Children
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