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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Thursday, January 19, 2023
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :Walking in the Light Bible Verse:1 John 1:5-10 "This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice 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 cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us." Message:
The three epistles called 1 John, 2 John, and 3 John were written by John the Evangelist, the same person who wrote the Gospel According to John. We do not see much of him in Acts, but he apparently spent his old age in Ephesus, where there was a great church, and the three epistles he penned are a practical guide complementing the very theoretical Gospel he wrote.
The theme of God as light, and evil as dark, reminds us directly of the opening of John's Gospel: "In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shined in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not." (John 1:4-5) John is always poetic, and this passage is no exception. He compares Christ to light in his gospel, and in his epistle, he compares a person who lives by the word of Christ to a person who walks in that light.
The image is a very easy one to understand, because everyone knows what it is like to try to walk in darkness. You run into things, you creep slowly. If you have ever tried to walk in the woods at night without a flashlight, you will know it is next to impossible. You simply cannot do it.
So John is telling us that trying to find righteousness before God, without the knowledge of Christ we take from the Bible, is like trying to walk in total darkness. We are blind for lack of light.
But in this passage, he makes a more specific point: Refusing to admit our sin, as Christ taught us to do, is like turning off our flashlight at night. We cannot make the mistake of thinking we have become perfect, no matter how hard we try to follow God's law. Certainly we try to avoid sin; if we love Christ, we avoid sinful behavior the best we can out of our love for Him, our love for others, and even our love for ourselves.
But we must never make the mistake of thinking we have become perfect or even better than other people. "All of us have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." (Romans 3:23) Our sin, and the grace we receive by being forgiven for our sin through our belief in Christ, is the very essence of Christianity.
Meditation : Prayer : Gracious God, Jesus is calling me to a new beginning; to a fresh call to discipleship. You are asking me to deny myself, take up my cross and follow you. It was at my baptism that you claimed me as your child. Today, I affirm that I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. I surrender my will, my desires and my life to you, O God. I commit myself to your call to discipleship: to pray, study your Word, worship you, invite other people to a life of discipleship, encourage Christians in their life of faith, serve those in need, and give joyfully of the gifts that You first gave me. This I pray in Jesus' name.......Amen |
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