The words are from the Book of 1 John. This passage has been very powerful in my life and wanted to share with people who might not ever hear these words unless put to this kind of music.
This is a beautiful proclamation of who God is and our confidence in Him. And a call to holiness and purity. A test of true Christians is how 1 John could be used more.
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1 John 1:5-2:6
This is the message we have heard from Him and proclaim to you,
That God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all.
If we say we have fellowship with Him while we walk in darkness,
We lie and do not practice the truth
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light,
We have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus
His Son cleanses us from all sin
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves,
And the truth is not in us.
If we confess our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
If we say we have not sinned, we make Him a liar,
And His Word is not in us
My little children, I am writing these things to you
So that you may not sin
But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with Father,
Jesus Christ the righteous.
He is the propitiation for our sins, and not ours only
But also for the sins of the whole world
And by this we know that we have come to know Him,
If we keep His commandments
Whoever says “I know Him” but does not keep them
Is a liar, and the truth is not in him,
But whoever keeps His Word, in Him truly the love of God is perfected.
By this we may know that we are in Him:
Whoever says he abides in Him ought to
Walk in the same way in which He walked.
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