Light from Darkness
“And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that [it was] good: and God divided the light from the darkness.”
The Point
Part of God's first act of creation was to separate the light from the darkness, and He has been doing the same thing throughout time.
The Path
- Scripture says that Jesus is the Light of the world.
John 8:12 “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”
- In turn, Jesus said that we, as His followers, are also the light of the world.
Matthew 5:14 " Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid."
- As believers, we are like prisoners who have been led out of the darkness and into the light.
Psalm 107:14 " He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder."
Colossians 1:13 " Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated [us] into the kingdom of his dear Son."
- Therefore, we are to live as lights in a dark world.
Ephesians 5:8 " For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as children of light."
The Practice
Walk through this dark world in a separated way as the Light of Christ for a Gospel proclamation to the glory of God!
Romans 13:11-14 "And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof]."
