{"id":194,"date":"2023-06-24T20:40:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T20:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/camdencogop.org\/main\/?p=194"},"modified":"2023-06-24T22:08:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T22:08:35","slug":"scripture-minute-1-john-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/camdencogop.org\/main\/devotionals\/scripture-minute-1-john-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Scripture Minute &#8211; 1 John 1:6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth.&#8221; (1 John 1:6)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If someone claims to have fellowship or a close relationship with God, but continues to live in darkness or sin, they are not being truthful. &#8220;Walking in darkness&#8221; refers to living a life characterized by sinful behaviour, ignorance of God&#8217;s truth, or a lack of moral integrity. In this verse, John is focusing on the importance of living in accordance with the truth and the teachings of God. If someone claims to have a relationship with God but their actions contradict this claim, they are not genuinely following the truth.<\/p>\n<p>This verse is a reminder that we are to live a life that aligns with God&#8217;s will and to avoid hypocrisy. As members of the Body of Christ, it is our duty to pursue a genuine relationship with God, characterized by righteousness, holiness, sanctification and truthfulness in both words and deeds.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/camdencogop.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/abstract-3166168_640-300x51.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"51\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/camdencogop.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/abstract-3166168_640-300x51.png 300w, https:\/\/camdencogop.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/abstract-3166168_640.png 373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we<span class=\"more-dots\">&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7],"class_list":["post-194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-devotionals","tag-scripture-minute"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/camdencogop.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/camdencogop.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/camdencogop.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camdencogop.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camdencogop.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/camdencogop.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":237,"href":"https:\/\/camdencogop.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions\/237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camdencogop.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/camdencogop.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camdencogop.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/camdencogop.org\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}