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Walking In The Light
Contributed by Rodney Fry on Nov 2, 2016 (message contributor)
Summary: Where are you going Heaven’s light or Eternity’s night
Sermon Walking in the Light
I John 1:7
I. Walking in the Light
a. God is Light and in him is no darkness at all – Therefore
i. To walk in the light is to walk with God. This implies ILLUMINATION Ye were sometime darkness TRANSLATION out of the kingdom of darkness RECONCILIATION How can two walk together except they be agreed?
ii. To walk in the light is to walk according to God’s word. “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet
1. The entrance of thy word giveth light It means an intellectual, experimental, practical knowledge of God’s word
2. Doers and not hearers only
3. This walking must be constant, progressive. The path of the just
iii. No unsaved person can thus walk – They are said to be dead, in darkness, disobedient.
II. Washed in the Blood
a. Not the blood of beast, men or angels, but HIS SON. This is
i. The alone remedy – Not when I see your good deeds etc but when I see the blood
ii. A present remedy – CLEANSETH the moment a sinner accepts
iii. A complete remedy – from ALL sin
iv. A sure remedy – cleanseth
v. A perpetual remedy – for all time and eternity
vi. A costly remedy – Not silver nor gold etc
vii. A substitutionary remedy – Our sins cried to heaven for vengeance – someone must die
Where are you going
Heaven’s light or Eternity’s night
