In this episode we look at who God's word says has fellowship with Him.  The first chapter of 1 John is written to those who do not have fellowship, but John desires they have fellowship.  This is pointed out in 1:3.  The following points are discussed in this episode:The gospel message announced by Jesus:  God is Light and in Him there is No darkness (1:5).  Many people get confused by how this can be the gospel message.  Well the problem is they don't understand the first think you need to know is there is No darkness in God.  He does not let darkness or sin abide in Him.  That is why there is a cleansing and an abiding.  God does the work in us if we have faith in what God says He wants to do.The problem is there are those in the church that say they have fellowship with God, but still walk in darkness.  God calls these people liars, and the truth is not in them (1:6).God says those who have fellowship and have been cleansed by the blood of Jesus are those who walk in the Light AS God is Light (1:7).The problem is people still walk in darkness because they still have a bad heart (sin still dwells in their heart).  They still carry around darkness in their heart.  This people still have sin dwelling in their heart.  It is just like Israel in the OT where they thought they had fellowship with God, but God rejects them because they still had darkness (the bad heart).  When people say they have fellowship with God, in the eyes of God they are claiming to be holy before God.  No one can have fellowship with God until God cleanses them from all sin through the blood of Jesus and gives them the holy spirit so they can walk in Light as God is Light or be Holy as God is Holy in All their behavior.  We cover this teaching as we look at 1 John 1:8-10 on what they need to do and why as well as looking at the book of 1 Peter and Romans chapter 2 and 6.Those who have fellowship with God are addressed starting in chapter 2 of 1 John.  There are different things written to this group of people.We are now told who are those who actually know God and who are those that don't.  It comes down to if you keep the commandments and walk as Jesus walked.The teaching is not a new commandment, but the old commandment that we have had from the beginning.We are not to love the things of the world or the love of the Father is not in us.  Those who are doing the will of God are those who will live to eternity. (1 John 2:15-18).Who is the spirit of the antichrist (1 John 2).We are not to be deceived, abide in the holy spirit, abide in Him and practice righteousness just as He is righteous.  This is how we know we are born of GodWe will follow up with the rest of the book of 1 John chapter 3-5 to continue the teachings of God