Living in the Light of God

God Created the World

God Created People

1 John 1:5-10 The Message

Walk in the Light

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.
6-7 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. 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.
8-10 If we claim that we’re free of sin, we’re only fooling ourselves. A claim like that is errant nonsense. 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. 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.

For Reflection

We tend to define spiritual light as good and spiritual darkness as evil. But, I am no longer convinced that that is the best way to interpret life's dichotomy. I now tend to describe spiritual light as the ability to see or perceive our existence in the manner God wishes us to understand it. God wants us to look beyond the immediate suffering or pleasure into God's intention for humankind.  On the other hand, I interpret darkness to mean that one perceives only through corporal eyes which veil the reality of spiritual existence. So, for me, walking in spiritual light encourages me to experience the pleasure of my place in God's household.

Pray

Pray so that you will be more in tune with God's universe.  Pray so that you through connections with others of like mind you build the kind of experience God has intended for us and advance the expansion of the Kingdom of God.

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