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IBS 36 - 1 John 1:5-7

1 John 1:5-7
“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 and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out 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.”

There are many people, most people, who say they have fellowship with God and walk in darkness. This has always driven me insane. You can’t fellowship with Him and walk in the darkness at the same time. It doesn’t work. To say that you’re a follower and then go out and party doesn’t match up. That’s walking in darkness, and this type of darkness has no light. Light cannot shine in that. 
  To truly fellowship with Him is to be in relationship, following His word, listening to Him, living a godly life. Following Him is walking in light, and that’s comforting since God is light. I don’t ever want to walk separately from God. That’s terrifying. I’m that person that’s afraid of the dark so I don’t want to walk in the dark. I want to be around the light in the presence of brightness. That’s when I know I’m safe. 
If we walk in the light, then we’ll have fellowship with one another. We’ll be better friends. You can’t really be a good friend if you don’t walk with God, everything about that will be wrong. The whole relationship will be about serving yourself. But to walk with God will make you a better friend. It’s not instantaneous, you still have to work on how to be a good friend, but it’s easier and God provides. He shows you what it means to be a good friend. That you’re to serve each other, love one another in a godly love, trust each other. Every relationship is much better with God in the midst of it. 


Application: I’ll go out of my way to serve one of the girls each day for nine days. 

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