First John 1: 1-10

It is here. The first day of October 2009, and the coolness of Fall has come. We are blessed.

Our study of First John continues to excite us. Though we are moving through and from the first four verses - we are not leaving the subject of these verses - "the Word of life." Our Holy Spirit gives us the reason and the Person through the Apostle John for this writing.

The purpose is evident. We have had "fellowship" with the Father and with the Son. Through the Word; and in the process of prayer, our spirits have been in contact with our God, and our "joy" has been made "full."

We trust that you have had revival in your spirit in these first four verses. We have experienced actual closeness in the spiritual presence of our Father and our Savior through our Holy Spirit. I do not know about you, but I hate to leave these first four verses because my joy is full.

Now we see in verses five through seven the beginnings of the way to test our lives as children of the Father. The first thing we must know: "God is light."

God is moral purity. There is not one speck of "darkness" in the Father of lights. Here we see two great symbols. Light and its absence - darkness. Light represents purity while darkness represents evil. God is Light.

"God is Light, and in Him is no darkness at all."

Let us leave, for today, with a quote from Dr. Warren W. Wiersbe. It is very relevant.
"In these days when many Christians think they have fellowship with God but do not; and when many religious people think they are true sons of God; it is important that we apply these tests and examine our own lives carefully."