The Darkness Has Blinded Them

But if anyone obeys his word, love for God is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did.

Dear friends, I am not writing you a new command but an old one, which you have had since the beginning. This old command is the message you have heard. Yet I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and in you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.

Anyone who claims to be in the light but hates a brother or sister is still in the darkness. Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the light, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble. But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the darkness has blinded them.

1 John 2:5-11

Putting God first means that time with Him reading the Bible and praying should come before anything else.

Does being a Christian mean keeping rules or does it also mean being involved in all phases of our life?

Sometimes we make the mistake of viewing the Bible as a list of rules. Jesus and the Father had a loving relationship. When we have a relationship with God, we desire to spend time with him and obey Him so we can become more like Jesus.

Jesus calls us to follow Him.

Our Daily Bread – January 24, 2013