No Darkness In Him (1 John 1:5-10)

“This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us. 1 John 1:5-10 NKJV

What a message we have heard from the apostles! God is Light and in Him there is no darkness at all. Apostle John was invited to the heaven and saw the throne of God which he recorded in the Book of Revelation. “After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things." Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and One sitting on the throne. And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance. Around the throne were twenty-four thrones; and upon the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and golden crowns on their heads.” (Revelation 4:1-4 NKJV)

Prophet Isaiah prophesied about this light some seven hundred years before Christ was born. “The people who walked in darkness Have seen a great light; Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, Upon them a light has shined.” (Isaiah 9:2 NKJV) Light means knowledge, revelation, relationship, energy, vitality, and power. What is darkness? Darkness is the absence of light. The psalmist beautifully described how bold and daring are those who walk in the light. “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.” (Psalm 23:4 NKJV)

John explains what it means to walk in the light. “If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.” No one who walks in the light is not in darkness because there is continual and persistent fellowship between the Lord Jesus Christ and the saints. It is called the perfect communion. Through the fellowship with Jesus Christ, we have what it takes to cope with all kinds of lives. Paul pertinently expressed the natural outcome of the fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:13 NKJV)

The power to maintain that marvelous fellowship with Him is the cleansing blood of Jesus Christ. He cleanses us from all sin so that we stand in the sight of Holy God righteously and blamelessly. John explains what blocks the flow of fellowship with Christ Jesus. “If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.” Sin has separated humans from the intimate relationship and fellowship with God. Sin is pride, selfishness, and lawlessness. All has sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23).

All what God wants us to do is to admit and confess our sins honestly and humbly. God sent us the most powerful defender and advocate to release us from the bondage and slavery of the prince of dark world. Paul burst out the ultimate grace upon the saints in the letter to the Romans. “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.” (Romans 8:1 NKJV) Here is a simple analogy. How can you make a dark room bright when you enter it? The answer is just turn on the switch. That is what God wants! Just admit and confess our wrongs and errors to the Father in heaven. Then the Son cleanses us with the blood shed for us on the cross in Calvary and clothes us perfect righteousness. This we will do again and again! Then the faithful God will do cleanse us again and again through the Son Jesus Christ.