1 John Part 2: How to Walk in the Light

March 12, 2023

1 JOHN Part 2: How to Walk in the Light

(1 John 5:13 NIV) I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.

Three Approaches to Sin: Light & Darkness

(1 John 2:1 NIV) My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.

1. We can try to .

(1 John 1:5-6,10 NIV) 5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth…10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.

(John 3:20 NIV) For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

2. We can .

(1 John 1:7-9) 7 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. 8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

3. We can .

(1 John 2:1-2) 1 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

The 3 Definitive Works of The Atonement

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How Do I Walk in the Light?

1. I grow to .

(1 John 2:3-6 NIV) 3 We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. 4 Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. 5 But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.

(John 14:15 ESV) If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

2. I learn to .

(1 John 2:9-11 NIV) 9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness. 10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble. 11 But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.

(1 John 3:14 NIV) We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death.

(John 13:35 NIV) By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.

3. I adopt a .

(1 John 2:15-17 NIV) 15 Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them. 16 For everything in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—comes not from the Father but from the world. 17 The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.

(Ephesians 2:1-2 NLT) Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins. You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God.

(1 John 3:10 NKJV) In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother.