Walking in Light | Truth and Lies | Week 2

Redeemer Weekend Sermons

Teacher: Dave Brown

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no
darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and
do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with
one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. If we claim to be without
sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just
and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not
sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us. My dear children, I write this to
you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—
Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours
but also for the sins of the whole world. —1 John 1:5-2:2

1. Fellowship

2. Light versus Dark

3. Truth versus Lie

4. Sin, Confession, Forgiveness

5. Atonement

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1. Consumerism/Materialism

2. Nationalism

3. Stewardship/Ecology

4. Sexuality

5. Security

The people stood in the holy place and spoke the current religious cliche and supposed that
everything was just fine. They were in the right place, and they said the right words—but they
were not right…Religion is not a matter of arrangements or places or words, but of life and
love, of mercy and obedience, of persons in a passion of faith. —Eugene Peterson

God of grace and truth, in Jesus Christ you came among us as light shining in darkness. We
confess that we have not welcomed the light, or trusted good news to be good. We have
closed our eyes to glory in our midst, expecting little and hoping for less. Forgive our doubt
and renew our hope, so that we may receive the fullness of your grace and live in the truth of
Christ the Lord. Amen.