I : The Definition of the Message
     - I John 1:5, Genesis 1:3-4


II : The Denials of the Message
     - I John 1:6 – I John 2:2, Romans 1:19-25

     A – Sin Defeats Fellowship (verses 6 and 7)
          - The first False Claim was that Christians could have fellowship with God
             while walking in darkness…
               - II Corinthians 6:14-18
          - Sin is a barrier to fellowship with God!
               - Psalm 66:18
          - Sin destroys fellowship with God!
               - James 4:4, I Corinthians 6:19-20, I Corinthians 9:13-14, II Corinthians 5:21,
                 II Corinthians 8:9, Psalm 1:1-6

     B – The Second erroneous claim was The Denial of Sin
          - I John 1:8, James 4:17, I Corinthians 10:12, I John 1:9, Proverbs 28:13

     C – Sin Devalues Salvation
          - I John 1:10 – I John 2:2, Psalm 14:1-3, Isaiah 53:6, Romans 3:23,
            Genesis 4:9-15, Isaiah 53:5-9, Isaiah 53:10-12, Hebrews 10:7-18,
            II Corinthians 5:21, Romans 5:20, II Peter 3:9, John 1:12-13

CONCLUSION…

Folks, never forget…God’s Word will keep us from Sin, or Sin will keep us from God’s Word!

Don’t allow Satan to deceive you into thinking you have no sin, but get that sin covered by the blood and allow your heart to be kept cleansed from all sin each and every day so that you can enjoy fellowship, not only with God but with other Christians!

God has provided the riches of fellowship for each of His children all around the world, but that fellowship must first begin with our coming to know Christ as our own personal Saviour and being birthed into the family God through faith in Christ! But our enjoying daily fellowship with God after we are saved requires an honest account for the sin which comes into our lives from day to day as well as our willingness to go to God and confess that sin so as to receive forgiveness and cleansing from that sin!

Oh that today, you and I, as born again children of God, would be sensitive to the holiness that God desires in our day to day walk in life and that we would be willing to recognize the sin that would possibly break our fellowship with God as well as with our other brothers and sisters in Christ!

We have God’s Word, therefore, we have ‘No Excuses’ for not knowing what we need to do or for not doing what we need to do in order to remain in sweet fellowship with God on a day to day basis!

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