Do you claim to be a believer but walk in darkness?
How can we have fellowship with God? In this familiar yet vital New Testament passage, John unlocked truths that can transform us—and our attitude toward ourselves as well as toward God. Light (1 John 1:5–7). John’s first answer to the question of how believers can have fellowship with God was simple. God is Light. If we walk in the light, we will have fellowship. Often when John spoke of light (and he used the term 30 times in his writings), he was quoting Jesus: “I am the Light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12; see 9:5; 12:46). The essential nature of God as light sets God apart from man. Man’s sinful condition has made the world lie in darkness. Even worse, “Men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil” (3:19). Confronted with the nature of God, men twist and struggle to turn away from such holiness. “Light” and “darkness” are moral terms in John’s writings. The character of God is e