
One of the deepest human longings is the longing to belong. We have a need to be needed, a desire to be desired. We want to be part of a group where we feel accepted, where we fit in.

One of the deepest human longings is the longing to belong. We have a need to be needed, a desire to be desired. We want to be part of a group where we feel accepted, where we fit in.

Doing the will of God requires growth and maturity, and a willingness to be used in the lives of others.

John Stott once put it like this:
“Sin and the child of God are incompatible. They may occasionally meet; they cannot live together in harmony.”
Sin disrupts our fellowship with God. Fellowship with God disrupts our relationship with sin.

“Beloved, do not misunderstand me – no man can have fellowship with God unless sin be taken away; but his fellowship with God, and his walking in light, does not take away his sin – not at all. The whole process of the removal of sin is here, ‘And the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.'” (Spurgeon)
1 John 1.05-10.mp3 (Jake Medlong)
1 John 1.05-10.pdf (Jake Medlong)