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Opening Illustration
Church, I want to tell you about a European heiress who was a tycoon of a very lucrative empire that specialized in producing solar panels.
This heiress had so much wealth that she tipped in $100 bills...
She dined at the NYC’s fanciest restaurants...
And she splurged on private fitness sessions that cost upwards of $4,500 per session.
Her home and base of operation was at a luxurious hotel called “11 Howard,” which cost up to $400 per night.
One journalist even commented on her extravagant spending and said,
“The way she spent money, it was like she couldn’t get rid of it fast enough.”
She was friends with NYC’s top CEOs, athletes, and movie stars.
You could say she was like a Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashion.
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Except for one major difference.
She was a con artist and her background and wealth was all a lie.
This “European heiress” was actually no heiress at all.
Her name is Anna Sorokin and she is considered one of the biggest con artist of all time.
She defrauded banks of millions of dollars by using forged financial documents.
One article covering her exploits said this,
“ Court documents later revealed that Sorokin forged financial documents claiming a net worth of $71 million in Swiss accounts to the City National Bank so that she could secure a loan of $22 million in November 2016.
She later submitted the same documents to Fortress Investment Group to secure a separate $25 million to $35 million loan.”
Her reputation, that she elaborately worked on before she even got to NYC,...
Allowed her friends to pay large bills, upwards of $65,000, on her behalf with the promise that she would pay them back...
She never did.
Additionally, when bills of her hotel stay became to great...
She was eventually kicked out only to hop to another luxurious hotel...
And when the demand for the huge bill came she left and continue this cycle until she was eventually caught and arrested.
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So, what do we learn from a sad story like this?
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Well, you can claim all you want to be a wealthy European heiress worth $71 million dollars...
But your actions will reveal the truth.
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Many today claim boldly to be Christians and followers of Christ...
But their actions reveal the sad truth that they don’t really know the Lord.
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An this takes us to our study for today.
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So, please turn your Bibles to the 1 John.
We will be conducting our study in Chapter 1 and focus on verses 5 through 7.
Our message this morning called “Walk in the Light”
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Opening Prayer
Before we consider our text, please join me in prayer...
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Let’s turn to our text for today:
Reading of the Text
So, let’s look at our first point...
God is Light...
And at the same time...
God is void of any darkness.
1) God is Light = God is Void of Darkness
Verse 5: This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
John is making very clear that the message that he is proclaiming is directly from God.
This is the message that was found in Jesus’ earthly ministry...
And by Jesus’ own words, we know that the Father and the Son shared the same message:
Jesus said in John 12:49:
In fact, we see full unity and in the Trinity when we also see that the Holy Spirit testifies of this same truth.
John 16:13-14 says:
So, the message that John is declaring is the same message that comes directly from God.
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That message is that God is light.
God is good.
And to be crystal clear John says there is no darkness in God.
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John stresses this because many people claim to know God...
Many people claim to understand God...
Many people think God is unfair...
Many people think God is evil and a monster...
But those people simply do not know the God of Scripture.
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The people who can’t rationalize the reality of evil in the world with the reality that God is totally sovereignty claim there is a problem with the existence of evil.
They claim either God is not powerful enough to stop evil...
Or that God can stop evil and His refusal to stop it makes Him evil as well.
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But this type of thinking is completely worldly and man-centered.
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Just look at the cross for example.
Can you think of a greater evil than crucifying Jesus on the cross?
He is sinless and perfect.
He is God!
But the cross was necessary.
And it was part of God’s plan from an eternity past.
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Yet, at the same time the evil that was commited was put on the head of those who committed those acts and not on God.
Don’t just take my word for it.
Look at what Scripture has to say on the matter...
Acts 2:23 shares this profound truth:
Do you see that, church?
Jesus being delivered to the cross was according to God’s predetermined plan.
Yet the sin falls on the hands of lawless men.
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John is sharing with us that God is good...
All the time.
And all the time...
God is good.
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John wants us to understand that God’s ways are higher and better than our ways.
John is just echoing what many other authors of Scripture have already said.
Take Isaiah 55:8-9 for example.
God says in His own words:
John wants this truth to be clear to his readers.
Because id God is good then His followers should be good too.
Yet if we claim to follow Him and walk wickedly then we prove that we are just con artists.
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And with that it brings us to our next point.
If we walk in darkness...
Then that is evidence that we are unbelievers...
No matter what we claim.
2) Walking in Darkness = Evidence of Unbeliever
Verse 6: If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
Beloved, just because someone claims something does not automatically make it true.
Our society today seems to have a difficult time understanding this.
Years and years of indoctrination and manipulation has led to a society that doesn’t believe in absolute truth.
The world wants you to believe that truth is just relative.
And everyone’s truth has to be treated like truth.
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That’s a lie from the pit of Hell.
You can’t claim to be man if God made you a woman...
And you can’t claim to be a woman if God made you a man.
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