The First Epistle General of John
Chapter 1:5-10
Geneva Bible Translation
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. (a)
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not truly.
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. (b)
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and truth is not in us. (c)
9 If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just, to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say, we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
(a) Read John 8:12
(b) Read Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 1:19; Revelations 1:5
(c) Read Proverbs 20:9
Like John’s Gospel, 1 John begins with a contrast between light and darkness. In the Gospel, the incarnate Christ is the light that continues to shine in the darkness of a world that tries to exclude Him. Believers are faced with a choice: either to “walk in the light,” coming to Him and opening their hearts to Him in confession of sin, or to “walk in darkness,” denying that they are sinners. The contrast between light and darkness is inseparably linked to a contrast between those who “practice the truth” and agree with God, and those who make God “a liar.” It is an inescapable reality that believers sin; the remedy for sin—confession, and cleansing by the blood of Jesus—is God’s continuing irrevocable gift to believers. Because Jesus’ death has paid in full the penalty for sin, and because God has recognized Jesus as His true Son by raising Him from the dead, God grants forgiveness and cleansing as a matter of faithfulness and justice. He will not and cannot refuse.
Source - Reformation Study Bible
By walking in the light, we walk in the light of truth. We see by that light, the way that God had created us originally, to be in HIS image, without blemish, without sin and to be righteous.
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