This document contains excerpts from 1 John discussing how God is pure light with no darkness, and how believers can have fellowship with God by walking in the light. It encourages that God loves his children unconditionally, and that when Jesus returns believers will be like him. It stresses living lovingly towards others and having boldness before God through Jesus' cleansing blood. The overall message is that God is pure and loves his children, and believers can enjoy intimacy with him by living purely in his light through Jesus.

1. November 25, 2017
Pure Like Jesus
Brent Lokker

3. We saw him with our very
own eyes.
We gazed upon himand heard
him speak.
Our hands actually touched
him,
the one who was from the
beginning,
the Living Expression of God.
“Word [Logos] of life.”
1 John 1:1 (TPT)

4. This Life-Giver was made
visible and we have seen him.
We testify to this truth:
the eternal Life-Giver lived
face-to-face with the Father
and has now dawned upon us.
1 John 1:2 (TPT)

5. So we proclaim to you
what we have seen and heard
about this Life-Giver
so that we may share and
enjoy this life together.
For truly our fellowship is
with the Father
and with his Son, Jesus, the
Anointed One
1 John 1:3 (TPT)

6. We are writing these things to
you because we want to release
to you our fullness of joy.
This is the life-giving message
we heard him share and it’s still
ringing in our ears. We now
repeat his words to you: God is
pure light. You will never find
even a trace of darkness in him.
1 John 1:4-5 (TPT)

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9. Your Heavenly Father is 100% Pure
This is why you can trust Him!

10. Papa God cannot and will not…
✤ Cut you off
✤ Think poorly of you
✤ Blame you or shame you
✤ Lie about you
✤ Hate you

11. Papa God…
✤ Chose you to be His own child
✤ Wants to be with you
✤ Calls you Royalty
✤ Empowers you & Trusts you
✤ Loves you every moment of every day!

12. If we claim that we share life with him,
but keep walking in the realm of
darkness, we’re fooling ourselves and not
living the truth. But if we keep living in
the pure light that surrounds him, we
share unbroken fellowship with one
another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son,
continually cleanses us from all sin.
1 John 1:6-7 (TPT)

13. Look with wonder at the depth of the Father’s marvelous love that
he has lavished on us! He has called us and made us his very own
beloved children. The reason the world doesn’t recognize who we
are is that they didn’t recognize him. Beloved, we are God’s
children right now; however, it is not yet apparent what we will
become. But we do know that when it is finally made visible, we will
be just like him, for we will see him as he truly is.
1 John 3:1-2

14. Everyone who sets their hope on
Jesus purifies themselves just as
He is pure!
–1 John 3:3

15. Beloved children, our love can’t be an abstract theory we only talk
about, but a way of life demonstrated through our loving deeds.
We know that the truth lives within us because we demonstrate
love in action, which will reassure our hearts in his presence.
1 John 3:18-19

16. Whenever our hearts make us feel guilty and remind us of our
failures, we know that God is much greater and more merciful than
our conscience, and he knows everything there is to know about us.
My delightfully loved friends, when our hearts don’t condemn us,
we have a bold freedom to speak face-to-face with God.
1 John 3:20-21

17. And whatever we ask of him we receive, because we keep
his commands. And by our beautiful intentions we continue
to do what brings pleasure to him.
1 John 3:22

18. You were not liberated
by perishable things like
silver or gold from the
empty lifestyle you
inherited from your
ancestors. Instead, you
were liberated by the
precious blood of
Christ, like that of a
flawless, spotless lamb.
~1 Peter 1:18-19 (CEB)

19. ✤ Thank you, Jesus, that by dying for my sins, you have
given me the full ability to step into the light and
enjoy face-to-face intimacy with my heavenly Father
✤ Father, keep my heart tender towards you
✤ I give you permission to show me any areas of my life
that need to come into your purifying light.
✤ I am the one you love!