Walking in the Light

The Apostle John gives us a simple, though profound teaching in our reading tonight: "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."[2] God is light. It’s not just that He gives light, or that He lives in light, He is light. Perfect purity. Perfect truth. Perfect holiness. In God, there is no hidden agenda, no shadowy motives, and no secret sins swept under the rug.

But when we hear this, our first instinct often is to step back. Because we know, if we are honest, that we have plenty of shadows in our lives. Sins, mistakes, things that are shameful. The list is long and cuts deeply into the very core of our being. And light like the Light that is God, light that exposes everything, can be uncomfortable as it illumines those things we seek to keep secret and hidden in shadow.

Find out more in this sermon on confession and absolution!