Sermon Outline
- Introduction (1Jn 1:3)
- The Character/Nature of God as Revealer (1Jn 1:5)
- Notice he didn’t say Light is God.
- What does light do?
- Light illuminates things. Brings understanding, clarity, sense of perception.
- Light reduces stress and depression.
- Light causes growth.
- An allusion to God’s revealed identity and function in the world and not to an abstract definition.
- OT passages on God and Light (Ps 4:6; Hab 3:4, Gen 1:3; Isa 45:7, Isa 9:2; 60:1-3, Isa 51:4; Ps 36:10; 119:105; Prov 6:23, Isa 10:17, Ps 27:1; Isa 60:19-20, Ps 43:3)
- The Character/Nature of God has Ethical Implications for people
- 3 Barriers to Fellowship with God and Others
- Persisting in known Sin (1Jn 1:6, Romans 6:1-2)
- Self-deception: Excusing away our sin (1Jn 1:8)
- Perfectionism: Denying all sin (1Jn 1:10)
- Consequences of these 3 is growing greater too!
- Aids to Fellowshipping with God and Others
- Believing what God says
- Walking like Christ (1Jn 1:7)
- Jesus is the Light of the World (Jn 8:12)
- Walking in the light is described in many ways in 1Jn and Gospel of John. (1Jn 2:11, 4:7-8, 2:4-5, Jn 3:19-21, 12:46)
- Confessing Sin (1Jn 1:9)
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