1st John Part 1 - Archie Callahan
Series: 1 John
Sermon: Let there be Light in a Dark World
Scripture: 1 John 1:5-10 NIV
“This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 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. If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.”
Introduction: Light makes life better!
How to escape the darkness:
- Love the Light…
God is light… 1 John 1:5
“Jesus replied: “ ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’”
Matthew 22:37 NIV
- Live in the Light…
“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.”
Ephesians 5:8-11 NIV
A. Light reveals
B. Light heals
C. Light Dispels
Conclusion: We have become children of light through Jesus.
