Light and Darkness

John was one of Jesus’s closest followers. He understood that all believers still sin. Years after Jesus’s death, John writes to the early church, knowing they struggle with sin, but warns them not to stay in habitual patterns of sinful behavior. Jesus calls his followers to live in the light and come out of the darkness of sinful patterns. John reminds these believers that confession brings sin into the light, and God will forgive and purify them through Jesus (1 John 1:9).