Light Reveals

~ Consider 7 Attributes of Revealing Light ~

Source of Light  ~  “This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all” (1 John 1:5).

Substance of Light  ~  “Then Jesus said to them, ‘A little while longer the light is with you.  Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.  While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.’  These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and was hidden from them.  …  I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness” (John 12:35-36, 46).

Standing in Light  ~  “But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light” (1 Peter 2:9).

Walking in the Light  ~  “But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin” (1 John 1:7).

Gospel of Light  ~  “For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (2 Corinthians 4:6).

Protection of Light  ~  “The night is far spent, the day is at hand.  Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.  Let us walk properly, as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lewdness and lust, not in strife and envy” (Romans 13:12-13).

Separation of Light  ~  “Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers.  For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness?  And what communion has light with darkness?” (2 Corinthians 6:14).

Comment  ~  For those who would enjoy a fascinating read that relates the science of physical light to what the Bible says about spiritual light check out my book “God Light: Sunlight Sonlight” by clicking the “God Light” tab above.  For those reading this on a syndicated sight click here.  This book has already won 6 awards. 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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The Law: Questions, 2of25

~ What Is “The Law”? ~

Scripture  ~  “And God spoke all these words, saying: “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.  You shall have no other gods before Me.  You shall not make for yourself a carved image—any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them.  For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.  You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.  Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day.  Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.  You shall not murder.  You shall not commit adultery.  You shall not steal.  You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.  You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's." (Exodus 20:1-17, see also Deuteronomy 5:1-22). 

Comments  ~  The Ten Commandments are the most basic form of “The Law” in the Old Testament.  It is amazing how that the most basic of mankind’s civil laws throughout the centuries tend to be based on this passage of Scripture. 

Reference  ~  You may be interested in a previous “Abundant Life Now” 14 post series entitled “10 Commandments Today” (from March 1 to June 28, 2018).  “Abundant Life Now” also posted a 12 post series entitled “Law vs. Grace” (from January 22 to December 24, 2013).  The Key Passage in this series is: “Do not think that I [Jesus Christ] came to destroy the Law or the Prophets.  I did not come to destroy but to fulfill” (Matthew 5:17).  

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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Effects of Light

~  Consider 7 Aspects of Light ~

Revelation  ~  “Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ‘I Am the Light of the World.  He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life’” (John 8:12).

Reflection  ~  “You [believers] are the light of the world.  A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.  Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven” (Matthew 5:14-16). 

Identification  ~  “You are all sons of light and sons of the day.  We are not of the night nor of darkness” (1 Thessalonians 5:5).

Relationship  ~  “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning” (James 1:17).

Vivification  ~  “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.  And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it” (John 1:4-5). 

Possession  ~  “Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ‘I am the light of the world.  He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life’” (John 8:12).

Satisfaction  ~  “The lamp of the body is the eye.  Therefore, when your eye is good, your whole body also is full of light.  But when your eye is bad, your body also is full of darkness.  Therefore take heed that the light which is in you is not darkness.  If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, the whole body will be full of light, as when the bright shining of a lamp gives you light” (Luke 11:34-36).  

Comment  ~  For those who would enjoy a fascinating read that relates the science of physical light to what the Bible says about spiritual light check out my book “God Light: Sunlight Sonlight” by clicking the “God Light” tab above.  For those reading this on a syndicated sight click here.  This book has already won 6 awards. 

~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW

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