The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 5 October 2025 – Living Out His Life
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TOPIC – Living Out His Life
READ: 1 John 1:8-2:6 (KJV)
1 John 1:8-2:6
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
THE MESSAGE:
I stood at the entrance of the mechanic workshop where my car was being fixed. A young spare parts dealer walked up to me and asked: Is that car being fixed by Emma, yours? I said yes. He immediately said, “You’re lucky!” I asked what he meant and his answer surprised me. He informed me that they (spare part dealers) have an understanding with the mechanics; they add their own ‘cuts’ to the prize of parts. But according to him, Emma will refuse, insisting that the real prize be told the customer. All this while, Emma did not hear the conversation but it increased my respect for his decision to live as the Christian I knew him to be.
John was specific about what will make the world know that we are true followers of Christ: “He who says he abides in him ought himself also to walk just as He walked’ (v.6). The acid test for a disciple of Christ is living Christ’s life. The world ought to see the character of Christ being lived out by us; in a sense, we are the letters that Jesus has written to the world. They ought to see Jesus in us as they did in Antioch and called believers there Christians. Are you living out his life?
THINKING IT OVER: In what ways am I contradicting the principles of Christ?
