Is your Christianity a reflection of the God who is light in whom there is no darkness at all? The fundamental difference between the true Christian and false Christian is that the true Christian is reflecting God’s character.

Thank you, pastor Tim, for kicking me out of my comfortzone! Please ruin my day instead of my eternity...

Seeing that verse in light of the following verses has helped me to see an aspect of what he means by walk in the light. If we acknowledge we have sin, and if we confess our sins, then God cleanses us from all unrighteousness. Even if we have deceit and darkness, when the light of God’s Word shines and exposes our sin, we who are believers accept its truth and turn from our wicked ways, accepting God’s ways as better than our ways in all things. If we walk in the light, we have fellowship with God.

Excellent message, sharing!

Please read the whole chapter in 1st john 1. Verse 8. If we say we have no sin we decieve ourselves and the truth is not in us. Verse 9. If we confess our sins he is faithfull and just to forgive us and to cleanse us from all unrightiosnes. Verse 10 if we say we have not sinned we make him a liar and the truth is not in us. So we see there we are walking in the light when we are admitting we are sinners and confessing. We are walking in the darkness when we don't view ourselves as sinners and are not confessing them.

I doubt anyone will see this. It’s such an old video. I’ve listened to several sermons from pastor Conway on this subject. What does it mean to have a life that is CHARACTERIZED by sin? Because as a Christian, my own sin is magnified. I see my own sin boldly, right in my face. I struggle against it daily. Is my life CHARACTERIZED by sin then? I haven’t been able to reconcile this idea. I love Bible study. I experience true happiness when I’m deep in the Word. The purpose for my life, the thing that gives it true meaning, is to come to know God more accurately and more fully. I fall into sexual sin… am I not saved? What about the struggle against the flesh, in Romans 7? To me, pastor Conway makes some contradictory points. My concern is that there may be unnecessary condemnation heaped upon true believers.

Those who excel in the church dont bug me. Only the ones that are pointing to those good works as evidence they are saved bug me. They exactly like the pharisee in luke 18. They they think they have " enough" holiness as evidence they are saved and look down on and judge the salvation of others. They ignor the bible when it says that man looks at outward apearance but God sees the heart.

1 John 1

"gospels don't teach that God is light" - that's a lie