Post by Woody Williams on Apr 28, 2006 5:56:10 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- I John 2:7-11
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Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment
that you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word
that you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new commandment that is
true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the
true light is already shining. Whoever says, 'I am in the light',
while hating a brother or sister, is still in the darkness. Whoever
loves a brother or sister lives in the light, and in such a person
there is no cause for stumbling. But whoever hates another believer
is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know the way
to go, because the darkness has brought on blindness.
Devotional
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What does it mean to "walk" in the light? According to John it means
that you love your Christian brothers and sisters. If you hate them
you live in darkness, and in darkness you stumble, that is, you will
sin against them. The light that Jesus gives is the light that
illumines the way of self giving love. Without the light of Christ
dwelling within it is difficult to know and be able to love.
Prayer
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Keep me seeking the light of your love, O Christ. Amen
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Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment
that you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word
that you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new commandment that is
true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the
true light is already shining. Whoever says, 'I am in the light',
while hating a brother or sister, is still in the darkness. Whoever
loves a brother or sister lives in the light, and in such a person
there is no cause for stumbling. But whoever hates another believer
is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know the way
to go, because the darkness has brought on blindness.
Devotional
----------
What does it mean to "walk" in the light? According to John it means
that you love your Christian brothers and sisters. If you hate them
you live in darkness, and in darkness you stumble, that is, you will
sin against them. The light that Jesus gives is the light that
illumines the way of self giving love. Without the light of Christ
dwelling within it is difficult to know and be able to love.
Prayer
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Keep me seeking the light of your love, O Christ. Amen