attitude of walking in the light, rather than the act. Are we willing
to be in the open with our brother--and be so in word when God tells
us to? That is the "armour of light"--true transparency. This may
sometimes be humbling, but it will help us to a new reality with
Christ, and to a new self-knowledge. We have become so used to the
fact that God knows all about us that it does not seem to register
with us, and we inevitably end by not knowing the truth about
ourselves. But let a man begin to be absolutely honest about himself
with but one other, as God guides him, and he will come to a
knowledge of himself and his sins that he never had before, and he
will begin to see more clearly than ever before where the redemption
of Christ has got to be applied progressively to his life. This is
the reason why James tells us to put ourselves under the discipline
of "confessing our faults one to another."

In 1 John 1:7, of course, the purpose of "walking in the light" is
that we might "have fellowship one with another." And what fellowship
it is when we walk this way together! Obviously, love will flow from
one to another, when each is prepared to be known as the repentant
sinner he is at the Cross of Jesus. When the barriers are down and
the masks are off, God has a chance of making us really one. But
there is also the added joy of knowing that in such a fellowship we
are "safe." No fear now that others may be thinking thoughts about us
or having reactions toward us, which they are hiding from us. In a
fellowship which is committed to walk in the light beneath the Cross,
we know that if there is any thought about us, it will quickly be
brought into the light, either in brokenness and confession (where
there has been wrong and unlove), or else as a loving challenge, as
something that we ought to know about ourselves.

It must not, however, be forgotten that our walk in the light is
first and foremost with the Lord Jesus. It is with Him first that we
must get things settled and it is His cleansing and victory that must
first be obtained. Then when God guides us to open our hearts with
others, we come to them with far more of a testimony than a
confession (except where that is specifically due) and we praise God
together.

Teams of Two for Revival.

Jesus wants you to begin walking in the light with Him in a new way
today. Join with one other--your Christian friend, the person you
live with, your wife, your husband. Drop