In the rest of the first chapter of 1 John, John tells us the message which forms the crux of this chapter and the crux of the entire letter: God is light, and in Him there is no darkness whatsoever.
We see from this God's holiness and purity, and then in the rest of the chapter John shows us how we can examine our own lives and examine claims in the church, whether someone who claims to be of God is really walking in the light.
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and make God out to be a liar. But if we confess our sins and repent, He is faithful and just both to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
At the end, I also discuss how this core message of the gospel, true forgiveness and cleansing, is seriously undermined by Critical Race Theory, CRT, which has infiltrated not only the wider culture but the church as well. CRT is thus a false gospel, and must be rejected by the church.
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Greg earned his M.Div. from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Dec. 2021. He also holds a B.A. in Mathematics (UVA), an M.A. in Music Composition (UVA), and an M.S. in Meteorology (PSU).
Greg is passionate about digging into the deep truths of Scripture and then...