https://odb.org/2025/10/15/walking-in-the-dark
1 John 1:5–10 (NIV): 5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him, there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 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. 8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar, and his word is not in us.
In his letter to the early believers in Jesus, the apostle John talked about choosing to walk in a different kind of darkness. First John 1:6 refers to sin as “darkness.” Walking in darkness isn’t a momentary lapse but a choice to keep engaging in wrongdoing. John reminds us that our holy God “is light” and “in him there is no darkness” (v. 5). So when we claim a relationship with Him yet willfully continue sinning, “we lie and do not live out the truth” (v. 6). Jesus, the light of the world, came so that “whoever follows [Him] will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12). (Karen Huang, ODB 15 October 2025)
The point this morning is that since God is light, we can not remain in darkness after we have been in the light. We are part of the light already, and the light is in us. Darkness here is taken to mean continuing in intentional sin, which is incompatible with our nature and character of a bible believing Christian who has been redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.
Yet this is an issue we still struggle with as believers in Christ. We still sin due to the fallen nature of our body. Sometimes, we can not control ourselves. We fight the tendency, but we don’t always succeed.
1 John 1 has the solution. John advises that if we claim we have no sin, we deceive ourselves. But if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. The blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. If we claim we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.
We will not be able to overcome our sinful and carnal nature overnight. It will take a long time, probably a lifetime. In the meantime, be consistent is seeking out the LORD, confessing our sins before Him. Plead for the blood of Jesus to cover us and rest in the assurance that He is just and faithful. He will forgive us our sins. The point is if we fall, we confess our sins and rise again. God is light. We are light. Don’t continue to walk in darkness.
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