I love how John cuts right to the quick with verses 5 - 10. God doesn't mix light and dark. We are either in the light or we are not. We can make all the claims we want but our pride, our ego, our good intentions, our excuses, and our pretenses don't put us in the light.

This makes me think about the "stained glass masquerade" at many churches where so many people put forth the "I walk in the light" facade on Sunday and play in the dark the rest of the week. I've been there and done that myself. I have to keep coming back to John here to recall that this facade doesn't deceive anyone but me.

1 John 1:5-10