Star cluster Westerlund 2
Photo Credits: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), and the Westerlund 2 Science Team
God is love. (1 John 4:7) God is light. (I John 1:5)
People are created in the image of the God who loves them. He desires that we live in the freedom of walking in the light. The Gospel message sets us free from hiding, from trying to look different than we are. We are loved. And because we are loved, we are free to walk in the light without fear, admitting when we are wrong, and finding forgiveness and deep relationship with God and others.
“God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.” 1 John 1: 5-10
“Transparency” is the word used in vernacular English in a way that reflects the Biblical concept of “walking in the light.” In posts to come, we’ll be examining transparency at the Chapel Hill Bible Church.
