Daily Devotions
June 21st, 2017 by Pastor Solley1 John 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.
5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
KJV
John also did his part in maintaining a close relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ. (Verses 7-10) Salvation is eternal and we are bound to Christ by His power, not ours. But fellowship with Christ, our closeness to Him, that can change. No honest Christian will say they have always felt as close to the Lord as they did when first saved, we do have times when God feels far away. What we need to realize is that God does not move from us, we at times move from Him, we allow certain things to interrupt our fellowship with Him. John did his part to keep that fellowship close, that communion with God real and personal. John would walk in the light. (Verse 7) John would have a daily time of self examination and when sin was found in his life, confession before God. (Verses 8-9) John would not fool himself into thinking all was right in his life all the time. (Verse 10) In this way John did his part in maintaining his close walk with Jesus. Are you doing you part?