Each Friday morning a group of ladies gather around the Word of God here at the Calvary Chapel Space Coast church facility and talk about life with the Lord. A lot of times the Bible has lessons for us that are not what we want to hear. One of the important things is that we take this journey TOGETHER.
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. (1Jn 1:7)
Did you catch two important truths here?
1) If we walk in the light as Christ is in the light, we have fellowship with one another. Fellowshipping together in Christ is part of walking in the light. One can't truly walk in the light and avoid fellowshipping anymore than one can truly live and avoid drinking fluids for very long.
2) If we walk in the light and fellowship with one another, the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all sin.
Now, that is a very interesting thought. We are familiar with the call to repent, be baptized, and call upon the name of the Lord for the forgiveness of sins, but how does walking the light and fellowshipping with one another result in the blood of Christ cleansing us from all sin?
I think the answer lies in the following two verses, and in Hebrews 3:13.
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1Jn 1:8-9)
but exhort one another daily, while it is called "TODAY," lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. (Heb 3:13)
As we walk in the light and fellowship with one another, we exhort one another and call each other into account so to speak. This will hopefully open our eyes to our sin, and cause us to be quicker to confess our sin, and to receive the covering and cleansing of the blood of Jesus.
And Praise God the Word tells us that He will cleanse us from ALL our sin, and ALL our unrighteousness!!
Yours in Him,
Pastor B.
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