“The LIGHT”

 “The LIGHT”

This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you:  GOD is LIGHT, and there is NO DARKNESS in Him at all. 1John 1:5

 

John is concluding the introduction to his letter. And now he is getting down to business: “This is the MESSAGE we heard from JESUS and NOW DECLARE to you:” John is speaking that which is TRUTH: “GOD is LIGHT” and there is NO DARKNESS in Him at ALL. And that is the MESSAGE that John wanted people to KNOW. 

John goes on to say: “So, we are lying if we say we have FELLOWSHIP with God but we continue LIVING in SPIRITUAL DARKNESS; we are NOT practicing the TRUTH.  But if we ARE LIVING in the LIGHT, then we will have FELLOWSHIP with each other and the BLOOD of JESUS, the SON of the LIVING GOD; CLEANSES us from ALL SIN.  (Vv 6-7)

However, on the backside of this declaration, John tells us: “if we say we have NOT SINNED, we are FOOLING OURSELVES, and the TRUTH is NOT in our HEARTS.  But IF we CONFESS our SINS to GOD, through the LORD JESUS CHRIST, HE can ALWAYS be TRUSTED to FORGIVE us and take away our sins. Then we can LIVE in the LIGHT. 

 Some may say they have NOT sinned, and when they do, they make GOD a LIAR, and His message is NOT in their HEARTS.  And when they SIN and CONFESS their SINS, they have an ADVOCATE who will PLEAD their case before FATHER GOD. He is JESUS CHRIST, the ONE who is TRULY RIGHTEOUS.  HE IS the SACRIFICE that ATONES for ALL the SINS of MANKIND. 

Have you come to JESUS for the SALVATION of your SOUL? Are you LIVING IN the LIGHT? To be able to LIVE in the LIGHT, you MUST ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS, who will PLEAD your case before GOD. You MUST BELIEVE that JESUS DIED for YOU and that He IS ALIVE in HEAVEN making intercession for you before God.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to HIM and ASK Him for His FORGIVENESS. You MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINS and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and LIVE in the LIGHT NOT the DARK.  Do this NOW while you STILL can!!  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!! Don’t Be LEFT BEHIND!!! Because AFTER ALL of GOD’S CHILDREN are RAPTURED, this WICKED OLD WORLD, will be MUCH MUCH WORSE than it is NOW.