This sermon addresses the spiritual battle believers face, particularly the enemy's strategy of convincing Christians that contempt toward others is faithfulness. Drawing from 1 John 2:7-11, the message challenges the disconnect between right theology and right living, emphasizing that walking in light requires presence and proximity rather than distance and judgment. The sermon calls believers to resist the temptation to flatten people into ideas or issues, instead seeing everyone as fully human and worthy of engagement. Through the weapon of presence—showing up, being with people, and choosing curiosity over caricature—believers can defeat darkness and reflect Christ's incarnational love. The message reminds us that Jesus defeated darkness not through condemnation but by showing up at tables, on roads, and in homes, and calls us to do the same.