You Are the Light Part 2


Justice, Law, History
Justice and Adversity
Live in the light of God (Isaiah 2:5) 

1 John 2:1-11 New International Version

2 My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

Love and Hatred for Fellow Believers

3 We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. 4 Whoever says, "I know him," but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. 5 But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.

7 Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. 8 Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.

9 Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness. 10 Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble. 11 But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going because the darkness has blinded them.

For Reflection

Dear readers,
I am home and back with the living.

If you will remember, God stuck the following words from Ellicott under my nose. Ellicott's words struck me. They were so simply stated, elegantly containing the essence of what I tend to believe is Christian theology. Thank you God.

Here is Part 2.
Please re-read the scripture passage and then meditate upon each of the inferences and obediences in your time of prayer. Let your mind wander into the expanse of these words.

Pray

Pray and let the Holy Spirit guide your life.

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
(4)THIRD INFERENCE: Remedy for sins (1John 2:1-2).

(5)OBEDIENCE THE SIGN OF WALKING IN LIGHT (1John 2:3-8).

(6)ESPECIALLY BROTHERLY LOVE (1John 2:9-10).


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