God is light and those who deny Him live in darkness or chaos without His guidance. The Word exhorts us to "walk in the light, even as He is in the light." The Word itself is a "light to our path and a lamp to our feet." Isaiah 9 talks of those who dwell in darkness seeing a great light (Matt. 4:16a, ESV). The blind man testified: "This one thing I know, I was blind, but now I see."
You may not recall the precise moment your eyes were opened, but cannot deny that they are opened now and that you see: "Unless you are born again, you cannot see the kingdom of God." If you reject the light you have you will suffer darkness, not more light. If you are responsive to the light given you will be given more light--this is God's economy. Saying, "I see the light" is a great testimony.
People have wondered why they can't see God, who is invisible but dwells in great light that we cannot behold. Try looking into the sun; if you say it would blind you, then realize that you would be destroyed by looking into the source of all light, God Himself is light and no darkness dwells with Him--neither does He cast a shadow. Do you see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ? We are to be lights in the world and let our lights shine so that men will see them and give glory to God: "Let your light so shine before men..." (cf. Matt. 5:16). Jesus said in Matt. 5:14 that we are the light of the world--don't put your light under a basket where no one can behold its glory!
Isaiah 60:1 (ESV) says: "Arise, shine, for your light has come...." God saves us to be a blessing (cf. Zech. 8:13) and to bring Him glory by reflecting Jesus or being the icons of God (cf. Isaiah 43:7). We are created for God's glory according to The Westminster Shorter Catechism: "The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever." We must be faithful to the light we have and bring forth fruit worthy of our calling to enjoy more light--when you pass along insights from God, you are given more insight. Jesus came to open the eyes of the blind so they can see the light (he's not necessarily talking about healing blind men), but the one in the worst state is he who thinks he sees the light but is blind. The song "Blinded By The Light" is relevant because we cannot behold God until we are in a glorified and holy state and if we saw Him now we would be rendered blind--to close for comfort!
God said in the beginning, "Let there be light" and the light and darkness were severed permanently. God is the source of light and created it so we can see and it was good; we are to do likewise and shed light on the subject so others can see the light through our works that speak for themselves and bear witness of the light. Soli Deo Gloria!
You may not recall the precise moment your eyes were opened, but cannot deny that they are opened now and that you see: "Unless you are born again, you cannot see the kingdom of God." If you reject the light you have you will suffer darkness, not more light. If you are responsive to the light given you will be given more light--this is God's economy. Saying, "I see the light" is a great testimony.
People have wondered why they can't see God, who is invisible but dwells in great light that we cannot behold. Try looking into the sun; if you say it would blind you, then realize that you would be destroyed by looking into the source of all light, God Himself is light and no darkness dwells with Him--neither does He cast a shadow. Do you see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ? We are to be lights in the world and let our lights shine so that men will see them and give glory to God: "Let your light so shine before men..." (cf. Matt. 5:16). Jesus said in Matt. 5:14 that we are the light of the world--don't put your light under a basket where no one can behold its glory!
Isaiah 60:1 (ESV) says: "Arise, shine, for your light has come...." God saves us to be a blessing (cf. Zech. 8:13) and to bring Him glory by reflecting Jesus or being the icons of God (cf. Isaiah 43:7). We are created for God's glory according to The Westminster Shorter Catechism: "The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever." We must be faithful to the light we have and bring forth fruit worthy of our calling to enjoy more light--when you pass along insights from God, you are given more insight. Jesus came to open the eyes of the blind so they can see the light (he's not necessarily talking about healing blind men), but the one in the worst state is he who thinks he sees the light but is blind. The song "Blinded By The Light" is relevant because we cannot behold God until we are in a glorified and holy state and if we saw Him now we would be rendered blind--to close for comfort!
God said in the beginning, "Let there be light" and the light and darkness were severed permanently. God is the source of light and created it so we can see and it was good; we are to do likewise and shed light on the subject so others can see the light through our works that speak for themselves and bear witness of the light. Soli Deo Gloria!
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