Daily Wisdom: 1 John 1:5-6

Friday, June 12, 2009

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 yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth.
— 1 John 1:5-6

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Illustration of 1 John 1:5-6 — 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 yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth.

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