1 John 1:5-7
This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto
you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. (6) If
we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do
not the truth: (7) But if we walk in the light, as he is in the
light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his
Son cleanseth us from all sin.
John 12:46 I am come a light
into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
Are we aware of God’s presence, His safety and His
mercy in our daily walk with Jesus? God
“light[s]” our way.
His “light” wards off impending doom,
and allows Him to see our need. (His
mercy always lights our way. He never
leads us into “darkness” because He has “no
darkness at all.”)
Jesus tells us: if we as Christians are flirting with the
darkness of the world (sin) we, regardless of our testimony, are not of Him.
I can hear you now. “Brother John, you said The Bible teaches, “Once
saved always saved.” I will continue to say
the same. If a person has professed
Jesus as His Saviour, and is doing his best to walk that narrow path, he will
(as I have) make a few mistakes. (He is still
saved and will go to Heaven and live eternally with The Lord Jesus.) However, if a person makes a confession, and then
continues blatantly in his sin, God calls him a liar, “and
walk in darkness, we lie.”
Matthew_6:24 No man can serve
two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he
will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
If we
love God, how can we walk on other paths?
(We cannot do both.) To get
around this dilemma, we re-identify those sins “as less than darkness, sorta
twilight.” That way they have “some”
light. But our scripture tells us “in
him is no darkness at all.” “The
Message” is: “God
is light” and that “in him is no darkness at all.” If we call Jesus our Lord, but continue
without repentance, (walking in the darkness of sin,) we are liars.
“Reader,
if you find within your heart a lack of repentance, and that the “narrow road
of Christ” is not a part of your life: repent now. Call upon The Lord. Beg Him to accept you. Allow The “blood
of Jesus Christ his Son” to cleanse you of your sins. Change your mind. Repent of your sins, and put them away.”
Romans 12:1-2 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that
good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
“The Message” is: “What is your “reasonable
service?” In order to achieve what God
wants, we as Christians must renew “[y]our mind.” This change must be our desire, the desire to
be “transformed,” and found “acceptable unto God.” “Reader, what are you going to do, continue
in your sin, or repent and follow Jesus?”
Bro John R. E Chastain
Retired Pastor
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