25 May, 2011

Light and Darkness: Mutually Exclusive

“And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.”

Charles Spurgeon on Light and Darkness:
“Let there be light.” We who enjoy it should be more grateful for it than we are, and see more of God in it and by it. Light physical is said by Solomon to be sweet, but gospel light is infinitely more precious, for it reveals eternal things, and ministers to our immortal natures. When the Holy Spirit gives us spiritual light, and opens our eyes to behold the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, we behold sin in its true colours, and ourselves in our real position; we see the Most Holy God as he reveals himself, the plan of mercy as he propounds it, and the world to come as the Word describes it."
The way that we can identify dark sin in our lives is by looking at the light and those things which reflect the light.  Scripture, prayer, fellowship, love...by immersing ourselves in these things the light can do nothing other than expose the dark, wipe away the shadows, and show us all that is good.  As Romans 12 states, "prove what the good, acceptable, perfect will of God."
"Light and darkness have no communion; God has divided them, let us not confound them. Sons of light must not have fellowship with deeds, doctrines, or deceits of darkness. The children of the day must be sober, honest, and bold in their Lord’s work, leaving the works of darkness to those who shall dwell in it forever. Our Churches should by discipline divide the light from the darkness, and we should by our distinct separation from the world do the same. In judgment, in action, in hearing, in teaching, in association, we must discern between the precious and the vile, and maintain the great distinction which the Lord made upon the world’s first day."
The church who does not divide the darkness from the light in both doctrine and deed partner with darkness and do not advance the kingdom of light.  We cannot, as Christians, participate in darkness and expect the light of Christ to advance in this world, they are mutually exclusive and have been since creation. "God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all." (1 John 1:5) At creation God showed us that it is by Him and in Him that light dispels darkness.  He is our beacon and our sun and He has given to the church the humble and glorious responsibility of reflecting the light of Christ in this dark world.
"O Lord Jesus, be thou our light throughout the whole of this day, for thy light is the light of men."


   

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