As He Is

As He Is In this study of I John, we are going to look at the significance of three words—“as he is”—which are used five times in this epistle. The significance of “as he is” in relation to a believer’s potential expresses marvelous truths and thrills our hearts. “As he is” is found early in I John 1. The first usage is singularly significant for these words are used in their fullest and most inclusive way. I John 1:5-7: This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is [as He is] in the light,* we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin [broken fellowship]. These verses dwell on the topic fellowship . To have fellowship with God, a person must first of all be a son. A son has fellowship in a family only after he is born. After being born again, our fellowship with God is indicated by our walk as Christian believers. If we walk in the light as He is light, we speak the words He speaks; we believe what He would have us believe; we act as He would have us act; we declare what He declares; we are as He is . Comparing the “as he is” of verse 7 with the “he is” of verse 9 is revealing in the contrast and in the omission of the word “as.” I John 1:8, 9: If we say that we have no sin [broken fellowship], we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us [in our renewed mind]. If we confess our sins [broken fellowship], he is [He is] faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. This verse informs us that God is faithful and just. Christians are not always faithful and just, but He is . When we are faithful and just we are in fellowship. God is light, so darkness is separation from fellowship with God. It is never the will of the Father that we should be separated in our