Ep 177 – 1 John 1:5-2:2

With this episode, we move into the next section of John’s letter. For the next few weeks we will be camping in 1 John chapter one, verse five, through chapter two, verse two. Today’s episode is entitled, “Light in the Darkness” and will describe not only the coming of Christ as the light of the world, but the transformative power of that light to change the way we live our lives. John will use the contrasting images of light and dark to help us understand the dramatic nature of the change that Jesus’ coming into the world was meant to produce. There are no gray areas with Jesus. He’s not a dim light that barely makes a dent in the darkness. He is the all-powerful light of God that permeates and penetrates, not only illuminating, but eliminating the sin that darkens the lives of mankind. But as John will make painfully clear, there are still those who prefer living in the dark. They hate having their sins exposed and find comfort in the hiddenness that comes with living in darkness. And when we as believers choose the darkness over the light, John says we do not practice the truth.