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Written by ptr3
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Friday, 04 July 2008 |
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Walking in the light is simply walking with Jesus. therefore, there
need be no bondage about it. We do not necessarily have to tell
everybody everything about ourselves. The fundamental things is our
attitude of walking in the light, rather than the act.
Are we willing to be in the open with our brother -- and to speak out
when God tells us to? That is the 'armour of light' --- true
transparency. This may sometimes be humbling, but it will help us to
achieve a new reality with Christ, and a new self-knowledge. We have
become so used to the fact that God knows all about us that it does not
seem to register with us, and we inevitably end up by not knowing the
truth about ourselves. But let a man begin to be absolutely honest
about himself with just one other person, as God guides him, and he
will come to a knowledge of himself and his sins that he never had
before. He will begin to see more clearly than ever before where the
redemption of Christ needs to be applied progressively to his life.
This is the reason why James tells us to put ourselves under the
discipline of 'confessing' our sins to each other'.
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