1:2 - Jesus is the manifestation of God come to earth as a human being. All that goodness of God described later in this chapter was formed into Jesus Christ. He is the Word come to life...He is the truth...He is the perfect picture of what truly living should look like. Isn't it awesome that God loved us so much He came down to show us what true living looks like and died so that we could actually experience it?
1:5-9 - There is this fine line you must walk in being a Christian. You cannot walk willingly in darkness and call yourself a child of light. You can't! God is only light - offspring who live in the darkness cannot be His children. On the other hand, you and I both know that we cannot live perfect lives...darkness is constantly trying to creep back into us. It comes down to attitude. As children of God we must turn in humility and brokenness to Him so that we can be made righteous. We cannot live in darkness and occasionally come back to God to feel better. We must do everything we can to live in the light and depend fully on Him to take care of the residue of darkness within us.
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I like how John jsut gets right to the point. One thing that impresses me with this chapter is the emphasis that he saw Jesus, he talked to Jesus, he touched Jesus. So often I forget about the credibility of the scriptures made by the eye witnesses you are writing about their experience.
One day the darkness will be gone and their will be nothing but light. Praise God.
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