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 (1 John 1:7).
What a promise this is! If we walk in the light as it is revealed in Christ, we have Christian fellowship and cleansing from all sin through His blood.
Hemeralopia is a peculiar disease of the eye, causing a defect of vision so that objects can be seen only at night. Are not some Christians afflicted with a sort of spiritual hemeralopia? They desire just a little light. The bright sunshine of a holy, consecrated life pains their weak eyes. They walk in some light, but not in the light as Christ is in the light.
"What is the blood of Christ?" asked Livingstone in that last solitary month of his African wanderings. "It is Himself. It is the inherent and everlasting mercy of God, made apparent to human eyes and ears. The everlasting love, disclosed by our Lord's life and death. It shows that God forgives because He loves to forgive."
As we pray, we look up into the face of forgiveness, a face marked with lines of suffering endured for our sakes. "Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as sliver and gold,...but with the precious blood of Christ" (1 Peter 1:18, 19).
Thy love, O Christ, arisen,
Yearns to reach all souls in prison:
Now beneath the shame and loss
Sinks the plummet of Thy cross.
Never yet abyss was found
Deeper than Thy grace can sound.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake" (Ps. 31:16).
What a promise this is! If we walk in the light as it is revealed in Christ, we have Christian fellowship and cleansing from all sin through His blood.
Hemeralopia is a peculiar disease of the eye, causing a defect of vision so that objects can be seen only at night. Are not some Christians afflicted with a sort of spiritual hemeralopia? They desire just a little light. The bright sunshine of a holy, consecrated life pains their weak eyes. They walk in some light, but not in the light as Christ is in the light.
"What is the blood of Christ?" asked Livingstone in that last solitary month of his African wanderings. "It is Himself. It is the inherent and everlasting mercy of God, made apparent to human eyes and ears. The everlasting love, disclosed by our Lord's life and death. It shows that God forgives because He loves to forgive."
As we pray, we look up into the face of forgiveness, a face marked with lines of suffering endured for our sakes. "Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as sliver and gold,...but with the precious blood of Christ" (1 Peter 1:18, 19).
Thy love, O Christ, arisen,
Yearns to reach all souls in prison:
Now beneath the shame and loss
Sinks the plummet of Thy cross.
Never yet abyss was found
Deeper than Thy grace can sound.
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake" (Ps. 31:16).
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