Transformation through God's Word

God is light. Jesus is the light of the world. We are to walk in the light. But what does that mean? What does that look like? 1 John 1: 6-10 tells us. First we need to know that God is completely light, he defines it. There is NO darkness in him (v5). That means when we see God kill Pharaoh in the Red Sea, when he allows Job to go through so many trials, when he 'creates some for destruction', when he makes David go mad temporarily, anything he does that seems questionable to us is right to him. That does not mean that we can do those same things. God is a jealous god, but it would be sinful for us to be jealous. He alone is the Creator, and thus he enjoys certain privileges which we by nature do not. Who are we to say 'why can He do these things and I cannot'. We are so arrogant.

So, what does it mean to walk in the light? Vs 6-10 give us basically some dos and don'ts. It tells us what walking in the light is and what it isn't.

• If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. (v6)
  
  This means if we claim to belong to Him, to be a believer, and yet we continue in our old ways, not improving, not laying aside our old selves, then we are lying.
  
  
• 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 cleanses us from all sin. (v7)
  
  When we walk in the light, we will have shared lives with one another. God meant for us to live in community with others, not isolated like a hermit.
  
  
• If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (v8)
  
  We're lying to ourselves if we claim to have no sin in us - what nonsense.
  
  
• If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleans us from all unrighteousness (v9)
  
  But if we confess our sins, he will forgive us and cleans us from all our wrongdoings.
  
  
• If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. (v10)
  
  The bible says that ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). So, if we say that we have not sinned at all, we're calling God a liar. He has nothing to do with us. We cannot claim to be His and also claim to never have sinned. That is an oxymoron.