Stepping Out of the Darkness

Honest with Others (1:5-7)

• We must stop blaming God for the world’s darkness when it’s our lives attempting to conceal the light (1:5).
• If you are defiantly practicing sin, you cannot be walking closely with God (1:6).
• Spiritual honesty allows us to have fellowship with God and others (1:7).

Honest with Ourselves (1:8-9)

• When you deny or justify personal sin, the only person you deceive is yourself (1:8).
• You cannot conceal your sin, so God’s offer is for you to confess it (1:9).
• To say you are righteous makes you more unrighteous, but to admit you are unrighteous is the only way to become righteous (1:9).

Honest about God (1:10)

• If we deny Scripture’s claim that we are all sinners, we label God the liar (1:10).
• Sin desires to distort your thinking so that the only guiltless one is yourself (1:10).

Gospel Essentials:

1. God is light
2. I’ve dwelt in the dark
3. Jesus’ sacrifice is the only hope for light I’ve now got.