Tuesday, March 15, 2016

CONCERNING LIGHT IN THE CHURCH

CONCERNING LIGHT IN THE CHURCH
* LIGHT is Associated with...
GOD (God is light...1 Jn. 1:5)
JESUS ("I am the light..." Jn. 8:12)
CHRISTIANS ("Ye are the light... " Mt. 5:14)

* In the Biblical Sense, LIGHT is...
Life,
Revelation,
Knowledge,
Understanding,
Wisdom,
Truth,
Righteousness.

* The Church and Light
A church and a church service should be,
an Amalgamation of light,
a Manifestation of light,
a Celebration of light,
a Declaration of light.

* Light Versus Darkness
Light does not Fear the darkness.
Light does not Feed the darkness.
Light does not Accept the darkness.
Light does not Yield to the darkness.
Light does not Promote darkness.
Light does not Excuse darkness.
Light Conquers darkness.

* Compare Spiritual and Natural Light in Genesis 1

LIGHT is the work, Light is the creation of God.
Genesis 1:3
(3) And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

LIGHT is good, LIGHT is separated from darkness.
Genesis 1:4
(4) And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

LIGHT is related to the day, not the night.
Genesis 1:5
(5) And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

Light rules; Greater LIGHT rules the day, Lesser LIGHT rules the night.
Genesis 1:16

(16) And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.

LIGHT is positioned by God, to shine in the world.
Genesis 1:17
(17) And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

LIGHT is positioned by God, to rule the day and the night, to separate light from darkness. Light is good.
Genesis 1:18
(18) And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.