1Jn 1:7 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.
1Jn 1:8 If we
say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in
us.
1Jn 1:9 If we
confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to
cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1Jn 1:10 If we
say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us
'As the knowledge of
a believer grows, his conscience too increases in its consciousness. The more
his knowledge advances the more his conscience judges. One need not worry about
what he does not know if he but completely follows what he already does know.
“If we walk in the light”—that is, if we are walking in the light which we have
already—“as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the
blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin (though many are still unknown
to us)” (1 John 1.7). God has unlimited light. Although our light is limited,
we shall have fellowship with God and the blood of His Son shall cleanse us if
we walk according to the light we have. Perhaps there are still sins today
unremoved from our life, but we are not conscious of them; hence we can
continue to have fellowship with God today. Let us keep in mind that, important
as conscience is, it nevertheless is not our standard of holiness, because it
is closely related to knowledge. Christ Himself is alone our single standard of
holiness. But in the matter of fellowship with God, His one condition is
whether or not we have maintained a conscience void of offense. Yet, having
fully obeyed the dictates of conscience, we must not visualize ourselves as now
“perfect” A good conscience merely assures us that so far as our knowledge goes
we are perfect, that is, we have arrived at the immediate goal, but not the
ultimate one. Such being the case, our standard of conduct rises higher to the
degree our knowledge of the Scriptures and spiritual experience increase. Only
when our lives become holier as our light progresses can we preserve a
conscience without offense. It shall invariably accuse us if we accompany this
year’s knowledge and experience with only last year’s conduct. God did not cut
off His fellowship with us last year because of our sins unknown to us then;
but He certainly shall sever it today if we do not forsake the sins unknown
last year but now known this year. Conscience is a God-given current standard
of holiness. Whoever violates that standard is assumed to have committed sin.
' The Spiritual Man by Watchman Nee
By the grace of God
we will study this excerpt and most importantly the Word of God, tomorrow. We
need light, ever increasing light. We
need truth and we need to walk in that truth, live in that truth through the power
of the Holy Spirit, by the grace and mercy of our ever loving Savior, Jesus
Christ.
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