What John proclaimed and why
1
📚That which was from the beginning✭, which we✭ have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked on, and our hands have handled✭, concerning the Word of life✭ 2 📚(for the life was revealed, and we have seen, and bear witness and declare to you that eternal life✭ which was with the Father✭ and was revealed✭ to us), 3 📚that which we have seen✭ and heard we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And truly our fellowship✭ is with the Father, and with his Son✭ Jesus Christ. 4 📚And we write these things to you, so that your joy✭ may be full.Walking in God’s light, the results of this
5 📚This then is the message we have heard from him, and declare to you: God is light✭, and in him is no darkness at all✭.
Fellowship with God and fellow believers
6 📚If we say✭ that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we are lying✭ and are not practicing the truth✭.
Cleansing from sin
7 📚✭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✭.
8 📚✭If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us✭.
Understanding our sinfulness, confessing sin and being forgiven