{"content":[{"text":"what the Lord Jesus came for, so that you and I could be friends — family — with the Father.","bbox":{"left":0.117726,"top":0.1261,"width":0.7361000000000001,"height":0.015363999999999989}},{"text":"It","bbox":{"left":0.863835,"top":0.1261,"width":0.011905000000000054,"height":0.015363999999999989}},{"text":"is not just a question of having technical knowledge of certain doctrines and knowing a bit more","bbox":{"left":0.117726,"top":0.149904,"width":0.755433,"height":0.015363999999999989}},{"text":"than the neighbor next door. What the Father wants is family who are close to Him, and they","bbox":{"left":0.117726,"top":0.173992,"width":0.732541,"height":0.015363999999999989}},{"text":"talk to Him, and they enjoy His company, and His fellowship.","bbox":{"left":0.117726,"top":0.197796,"width":0.486704,"height":0.015363999999999989}},{"text":"John was writing all of this that","bbox":{"left":0.614238,"top":0.197796,"width":0.24737600000000004,"height":0.015363999999999989}},{"text":"our joy might be full.","bbox":{"left":0.117726,"top":0.221742,"width":0.16720800000000002,"height":0.015363999999999989}},{"text":"We spent some time last week just recognizing that the scriptures talked about joy. Jesus said,","bbox":{"left":0.117726,"top":0.257376,"width":0.737303,"height":0.015363999999999989}},{"text":"“My joy I leave with you.” And John wrote that our joy might be full. The fruits of the spirit are","bbox":{"left":0.117726,"top":0.281179,"width":0.7540260000000001,"height":0.015363999999999989}},{"text":"love and joy, and if we are not joyful in our lives then there is some action required. Therefore if","bbox":{"left":0.117726,"top":0.305126,"width":0.757704,"height":0.015363999999999989}},{"text":"you look around at your life, if you look in the mirror and you find that you are a misery guts,","bbox":{"left":0.117726,"top":0.329072,"width":0.7356889999999999,"height":0.015363999999999989}},{"text":"rather than being full of joy, then action is required!","bbox":{"left":0.117726,"top":0.353018,"width":0.40769900000000003,"height":0.015363999999999989}},{"text":"Then we saw that the apostle John tried to use a little simple picture to point out a great truth,","bbox":{"left":0.117726,"top":0.388509,"width":0.732299,"height":0.015363999999999989}},{"text":"that God is light, and the opposite is dark.","bbox":{"left":0.117726,"top":0.412455,"width":0.32788399999999995,"height":0.015363999999999989}},{"text":"Light is the good side.","bbox":{"left":0.455619,"top":0.412455,"width":0.174821,"height":0.015363999999999989}},{"text":"Jesus said, “I am the light of","bbox":{"left":0.640247,"top":0.412455,"width":0.22326499999999994,"height":0.015363999999999989}},{"text":"the world”. It says that God is light and in Him is no dark. So if you and I are going to","bbox":{"left":0.117726,"top":0.436259,"width":0.681117,"height":0.015363999999999989}},{"text":"fellowship with the Father and the Lord Jesus, then we should be walking in the light. The","bbox":{"left":0.117726,"top":0.460348,"width":0.71329,"height":0.015363999999999989}},{"text":"scriptures will tell us how to walk in the light.","bbox":{"left":0.117726,"top":0.484151,"width":0.360753,"height":0.015363999999999989}},{"text":"There are scriptures that talk about how \"the entrance Your words (the scriptures) give light.\"","bbox":{"left":0.117726,"top":0.519643,"width":0.733346,"height":0.015364000000000044}},{"text":"“Your Word is a lamp unto my path.” “The path of the just is as a shining light that shines more","bbox":{"left":0.117726,"top":0.543731,"width":0.758229,"height":0.015364000000000044}},{"text":"and more into the perfect day.”","bbox":{"left":0.117726,"top":0.567535,"width":0.24740399999999996,"height":0.015364000000000044}},{"text":"And so you and I are a people who, if we want to fellowship","bbox":{"left":0.374749,"top":0.567535,"width":0.47426899999999994,"height":0.015364000000000044}},{"text":"with the Father, need to be walking, that is to say living and having a lifestyle that is in the light.","bbox":{"left":0.117726,"top":0.591481,"width":0.756826,"height":0.015364000000000044}},{"text":"The opposite is the dark, and the darkness is where you will find Satan. You and I should not be","bbox":{"left":0.117726,"top":0.626973,"width":0.753595,"height":0.015364000000000044}},{"text":"wandering around aimlessly in the dark. “The way of the wicked is as darkness and they know","bbox":{"left":0.117726,"top":0.650919,"width":0.7382029999999999,"height":0.015364000000000044}},{"text":"not at what they stumble.” They cannot see, and they fall over things, and this is not a good place","bbox":{"left":0.117728,"top":0.674865,"width":0.764071,"height":0.015364000000000044}},{"text":"to be. So you and I should be walking in the light, and the scriptures tell us how to walk in the","bbox":{"left":0.117728,"top":0.698811,"width":0.738288,"height":0.015364000000000044}},{"text":"light, and we should know that sin brings us into the dark.","bbox":{"left":0.117728,"top":0.722615,"width":0.45485499999999995,"height":0.015364000000000044}},{"text":"Sin is the transgression of the law, as","bbox":{"left":0.582592,"top":0.722615,"width":0.29088900000000006,"height":0.015364000000000044}},{"text":"we will see later today.","bbox":{"left":0.117728,"top":0.746703,"width":0.18132299999999996,"height":0.015364000000000044}},{"text":"But sin brings us into the dark. The wages of sin is death, but we know","bbox":{"left":0.309061,"top":0.746703,"width":0.56128,"height":0.015364000000000044}},{"text":"that the Lord Jesus has died and has paid the penalty of our sins.","bbox":{"left":0.117728,"top":0.770507,"width":0.50444,"height":0.015364000000000044}},{"text":"In chapter 2, John brings out that we should not treat sin lightly just because we have the ability","bbox":{"left":0.117728,"top":0.805998,"width":0.751717,"height":0.015364000000000044}},{"text":"to be forgiven if we confess our sins.","bbox":{"left":0.117728,"top":0.829945,"width":0.28976,"height":0.015364000000000044}},{"text":"God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, but that does","bbox":{"left":0.417296,"top":0.829945,"width":0.46163,"height":0.015364000000000044}},{"text":"not mean that you can treat sin casually, just because it is easy to be forgiven. 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