Hello everybody and welcome back to Learning to Live in Truth . Another day , another day given , and I promise to God be the glory . Let's pray , father , we thank you so much for your grace and your mercy . Thank you , god , for allowing us to stay in this time , to be able to get into your word for a moment .
I pray , in the name of Jesus , that every ear that is here would be able to hear , like , really hear , what you're saying to us . I pray , in the name of Jesus , that you use me to your glory . I just pray that everyone that is here is blessed by what they hear and what they receive .
More than anything , father , we give you glory and we give you honor . We pray this prayer in the mighty name of Jesus Christ . We do pray , amen . So today , you guys , we are picking up at verse 7 . It reads like this he says , and , by the way , 1 John , 1 John , verse 7 .
He says but if we walk in the light , as he is in the light , underline , if , underline , as he is in the light , underline that Very important . We'll come back to it . He says we have fellowship one with another . He says and the blood of Jesus Christ is his son cleansed . No , the blood of Christ , of Jesus Christ , his son , cleansed us from all sin .
I'm going to slow down for a moment . Amen , he says . But if we walk in the light as he is in the light , he says , he says . He says if , if we know , is what gives us a choice , if we choose , this is I say this all the time it's not enough for us to know the truth , to know how to do something .
It's more important that we do the thing that we know how to do . So he says , but if , if we walk in the light . So if you choose to walk in the light , you choose to walk in the ways of the Lord , you choose to walk the path that God has put before you . He says as as so he's not excluding himself when he tells us to do something .
Amen , jesus himself had to humble himself . Amen , jesus himself had to deal with human emotions . Jesus himself had to deal with attacks . Jesus had to deal with persecutions and sufferings . Jesus had to deal with all the things , amen , that he's given us the strength to be able to deal with here on earth ourselves , he said .
As he is in the light , he says if we are doing these things . He says we have fellowship . He says the proof that we have these things , that we are walking in the light , is that we have fellowship with one another . Okay , he says we can connect with one another . Amen , when we are all dealing with the ups and downs of life .
Amen , when we are trusting in God , we can be connected in the light . Hallelujah , amen . There's a verse and I don't know exactly what it said y'all , but he says what does light and dark have in common ? Nothing , amen . How can two walk together and not be in agreeance ?
Amen , if you're not agreeing with the one you're connected with , how can you be connected ? Come on somebody . It's just like plugging a something into a socket . The socket has to be prepared for what's being plugged into it . How can two be together and they not be agreed ? There has to be some type of connection . Amen .
This is how we have fellowship with one another . He says and the blood of Jesus Christ , his son , cleanseth us , cleanseth . If on a word says it is a continuous thing , it is progressive , so it , jesus christ , is continually cleaning us , cleansing us from all sin .
So , at the end of the day , and the title for today , uh , today's moment in , in , in learning to live in truth is everybody is sin , hallelujah . As much as we want to present this perfect picture , we are not . That he says in verse 8 , if we say that we have no sin , we deceive ourselves .
He says and the truth is not in us If we sit around and try to carry on this persona , that well't saying , or you know , I used to do that , I don't do that , no more . I'm this and I'm that . And you don't forgot where you came from . You forgot that you have sinned and fallen short of the glory . He says you . He says the truth is not in you .
Amen , the truth is not in us . Hallelujah . And I . I love how John is writing this and I just really you know , I've been over this chapter a couple of times . We've actually done it on Facebook Live , I think more than twice . But what I'm catching and what I'm really finding here is that John ain't necessarily talking about who the readers .
He's talking about him and the disciples . He says if we say that we have no sin , he says we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us . John is talking about himself . And see , this is how we have to . This becomes our road map . This Bible is personal to us . Amen . Map . This bible is personal to us , amen .
And so therefore , because we are in the light , amen . Our language ought to be that of the light , amen . John does not dismiss the fact that he has sinned in the past . Amen . He does not dismiss the fact that he has sinned in some sort of way . We sin even in our faults . Hallelujah . He said i'm'm not dismissing what I've done .
Hallelujah , because if I do that , then there's no truth in me . Hallelujah , he says if we confess our sins , amen . When we don't dismiss what we've done and we are accountable , amen for the things that we've done wrong . He said he is faithful and just to forgive our sins , amen . And to cleanse us from all unrighteousness .
When you clean something , you get all of the dirt off of it . You make it clean all over again . He said he will cleanse us from all unrighteousness . So as we grow , he will perfect . Come on , somebody . Hallelujah , he said as we grow , he will perfect us Into the men and women of God that we ought to be , hallelujah . Then he says verse 10 .
If we say that we have not sinned , we make him a liar . Hallelujah , because Jesus says Look , he's let us know we done all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God . Paul talked about that in Romans hallelujah , we've all sinned , he says . He says , if we don't admit that we have sinned , he says we make him a lie and his word is not in us .
That's a word Amen , lord . This is really , really , really , really , really like a inventory check Amen , we got to look in the mirror . Amen , and call it what it is . Hallelujah , because if we don't , then we really don't have the word Amen . We don't really call it what it is . We really are not growing in him .
Hallelujah , this is how you can become real stagnant in where you are . This is how you can be ineffective in what you're doing for him . Hallelujah , amen , because you've decided well , I've met the standard and I've done everything that I need to do . Now let me look down at others and call this out and call that out and hallelujah .
Those are bible thumpers , if you didn't know it . Hallelujah , come on somebody . We all have to come to the realization that as we live in this earth , we will sin . Hallelujah , amen . We may not send the same , but on some level we're going to sin and we all need his grace and his mercy , hallelujah , amen .
And he says clearly he said if we say that we have not sinned , amen as we grow , amen , we might get better , we might not do the things we used to do . He says , but on some level we have sinned . If we say that we have not sinned , we make him a liar . Hallelujah , because if we , if we , didn't sin , why did Jesus need to go to the cross ?
Hallelujah , jesus died because of our sin . He died so that we could live .
Hallelujah , he died and he resurrected so we could live beyond sin , because he swallowed up sin , he swallowed up death and he took all of the baggage of sin , all of he took it down to hell for it to to live where it's at , came from hell and it will rest in hell where it came from .
Hallelujah , when jesus came up out of that grave , he came forth as that new creature . He came on , came forth bringing forth new life , hallelujah . So there you have it , ladies and gentlemen . Hallelujah , amen .
We've all sinned , hallelujah , but he has given us , through his life , talking about Jesus , he has given us permission to be able to walk in his light . Hallelujah , father , we thank you so much for your grace and your mercy . Thank you once again for showing up and showing out Amen and giving us a word that we can walk away with .
I pray that everyone receive what it is you desire to give them . We pray this prayer in the precious name of Jesus Christ . We do pray Amen , amen and amen . Thank y'all so much for being here . I love you . I appreciate your presence . Amen , I hope that you are checking out the God's Diamonds in the Rough .
That's been going on for about four seasons now quite about two years now . Check out some of those as you are here and listening . Amen , follow the spirit Hallelujah and receive what it is that he has to give you . So much love , so many blessings from me to you . I'll see y'all next time .
Make sure you come on back as we continue through first John , picking up at the second chapter . Again , so many blessings and so much love from me to you . Y'all have a great day . Amen and amen .