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Fellowship with God: 1 John 1:5-7

1. Know God’s Nature
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. 1 John 1:5 (ESV)

19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. John 3:19 (ESV)

2. Avoid the Practice of Sin
6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 1 John 1:6 (ESV)

21 But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.” John 3:21 (ESV)

3. Walk in the Light
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another. . . 1 John 1:7 (ESV)

105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119:105 (ESV)

15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. John 14:15 (ESV)

4. Experience Purification
7   . . .  and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 1 John 1:7 (ESV)