The Tapestry of the Christian Life- Part 2 (1 John 2:7-11)

  1. Experiencing vibrant fellowship with God requires walking in the light not the darkness.

    • God is light. Sin is darkness.

    • Claiming to be without sin vs. confessing your sins- you must confess your sin to have fellowship with God.

    • Claiming you have no sin vs surrendering your sin to God- Daily confession of your personal sin.

    • When you sin having no advocate vs. having Jesus as your advocate.

      • Jesus is the payment for your sin. This is fundamental to walking in the light,

2. Experiencing vibrant fellowship with God requires walking in obedience to all Jesus’ commands.

“By this we may know that we are in Him: whoever says he abides in Him ought to walk in the same way He walked. (v 6)

3. Experiencing vibrant fellowship with God is love for others (2:7-11)

By faith in Christ, the command to love is in us. Your faith in Christ brings you into fellowship with God.

The definition of love: 1 John 4:7-16

Love is the Father sending His Son to be cricified for an undeserving sinner like me.

Love is the son saying, “Yes, this is the way to show them our love.”

God is love is not some daydreaming abstraction that’s detached from the cross.

It’s a statement about the loving nature of God revealed in His saving action on behalf of humankind in the sentencing of His Son to death so sinners like us may be saved in His name.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Hate is the emotion of intense dislike. To feel extreme enmity causing verbal or even physical attacks. Get off and stay off Hate St. (1 John 3:15)

Proverbs 10:12

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.




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