Today’s Reading: Jeremiah 48, 49; Psalms 67; 1 John 1
Scripture: 1 John 1:6-10
6 If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by 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 has no place in our lives.
Observation: Walk the talk if you're gonna talk the talk. That's the message John gives here. "If we claim" John says -- it's easy to make claims, but the proof is in how you live. If your life doesn't demonstrate the character of God, then your claims are false! Johns says it plain: "we lie and do not live by the truth." Walking with God means that we walk with others in open and confessory relationship: confession our sin, admitting our sin, not claiming that we are without sin or above sin.
Application: To have a real walk with God means that you have to be real in our walk with others. That means, we have to maintain an authentic accountability and openness that allows and even invites others to truly see what is going on in our lives and hearts and help us stay on the narrow path that leads to life.
Prayer: Lord, keep me firmly planted in the real walk with others that I may truly walk authentically with you.
This I pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.
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