1 John 1:5-7 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
What does it mean to walk in the light? It means following Jesus.
John 8:12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."
This doesn't mean just following His example, but it means identifying yourself with Him. In Bible times and in many places today, to identify yourself with Christ,~ to really FOLLOW him, not just his example, means you lose your family, friends and your job. For some today, it is the same. There are church groups today in America where if a person leaves the group to follow the true Jesus of the Bible, they are shunned by their families and friends and some even lose their jobs as a result.
In many countries of the world today there are people who are Christians~followers of the Jesus of the Bible~who have been persecuted, beaten, jailed and some have been killed for the name of Jesus.
Following Jesus, walking in the light, means being willing to follow Him even to physical death if that is where it leads. Are you walking in the light? Are you following Jesus? Are you ready to die for His sake if that is what it requires? Hard questions. I pray that if it comes to that for me that I would not deny Him.
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