Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

Rev. Dr. Thomas Egger, president of Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, MO, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study 1 John 1:5-2:2. St. John proclaims the truth that God is light. Because this is the case, we cannot claim to have fellowship with Him while walking in the darkness of sin. We can only have fellowship with God when we walk in the light of His Word, cleansed by the blood of Jesus His Son. This does not mean that we are sinless; instead, it means that we confess the truth of our sin and receive the faithfulness of God’s forgiveness. St. John writes these truths so that we would no longer walk in sin, for God has set us free from its bondage. At the same time, when we do fall into sin, St. John gives us comfort to turn to our Advocate before the Father, Jesus. “The Love of God” is a series on Sharper Iron that goes through the three epistles written by St. John the Apostle and Evangelist. As St. John rejoiced to be the disciple loved by Jesus, so he writes his epistles to give us the same joy when