Let The Light Shine
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
John 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
John 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
John 1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
G2638 katalambanō kat-al-am-ban'-o
From G2596 and G1983; to take eagerly, that is, seize, possess, etc. (literally or figuratively): - apprehend, attain, come upon, comprehend, find, obtain, perceive, (over-) take.
John 1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
We are to bear witness of the Light.
The True Light is Jesus! Jesus is the Word!
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Genesis 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Genesis 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Verse 3 God said: "Let there be light!" And light was!
May God speak that same word in us today! "Let there be light!"
In our lives! Everywhere we go! "Let there be Light!"
Genesis 1:4 God saw the light, that it was good!
In the beginning, God made a division between the light and the darkness! There was a separation made by God between light and darkness. They can't be mixed together! They are either the one or the other! God made a difference between them in the beginning and He still makes a difference between them today!
God is still saying to His church today!
God is still saying to the preacher today!
God is still saying to the teachers of our children today!
God is still saying His people today, where ever they may be!
"Let there be light!"
God made a difference between light and darkness in this Book and what He says is wrong is darkness! And what He says is right is light! No matter what people in our land and our world are saying today!
God is still saying to you and to me today if we truly belong to God__"LET THERE BE LIGHT!"
John 9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
John 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
• Work while it is day!
• As long as I am in the world!
• I am the light of the world.
John 12:35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
John 12:36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
"Darkness is coming and is already upon us!"
• We must believe in the Light!
• We must walk in the Light!
• We must be the children of Light!
Matthew 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Matthew 5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
Matthew 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Matthew 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
Matthew 5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
"Light and Salt"
• We must be good salt!
• We are the light of the world!
• The Church is the light of this world!
"When the Church is removed from this earth, all of hell will break loose!"
God's wrath will finally be unleashed against all ungodliness that holds the truth in unrighteousness!
God is saying to His Church today, "Let there be light!"
• There is a midnight cry going out today! "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church!"
• We can't remain neutral in a world that has said that God and His Church are not relevant today!
• We can no longer refuse the command to His Church to be the salt and the light to this world of darkness!
• You and I cannot weather the storm that is coming upon this earth without being obedient to God!
God is crying out to the Church today!
"Let there be light!"
It was dark days before Jesus came the first time to this earth as child, born of a virgin.
Matthew 3:1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
Matthew 3:2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Matthew 3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Matthew 3:4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Matthew 3:5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
Matthew 3:6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
Matthew 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew 3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
Matthew 3:9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Matthew 3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
Matthew 3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
Matthew 3:12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
"In those days came a man sent from God!"
• In those days came John.
• John represents the one that cries out at midnight!
John also represents those that were wise and not foolish,
Eph 5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
Eph 5:15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Eph 5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Eph 5:17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Eph 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Mat 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Mat 4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
Mat 4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Mat 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Mat 4:5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,
Mat 4:6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
Mat 4:7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Mat 4:8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
Mat 4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Mat 4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Mat 4:11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
Jesus is led of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
• For 40 days without food or water Jesus is tempted of the devil.
• Jesus the Light is victorious over every weapon that satan tries to use against Him!
"No weapon formed against you shall prosper!" Isaiah 54:17
Mat 4:12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
Mat 4:13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
Mat 4:14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
Mat 4:15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
Mat 4:16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Mat 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Now John is in prison. John's ministry on this earth is coming to a close.
But Jesus the Light is coming on the scene!
• He's leaving his hometown to go beyond His comfort zone!
• Jesus didn't come to this earth to be comfortable!
• He came to give His life!
• His life is the light of men!
"Let there be Light!"
Mat 4:16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Mat 4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
The people that sat in darkness____saw great light!
And to them that sat in the region and shadow of death___light is sprung up!
Verse 17 And from that time Jesus began to preach!
And Jesus began to say! "Repent!" For the kingdom of heaven is at hand!
When Jesus preached repentance, people changed their minds about God!
Oh, that we would preach repentance again today the way Jesus preached it! Where men will change their minds about God!
When Jesus preached "Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand__He had prepared the hearts of men to follow Him and they would become a part of the Only kingdom which will stand for ever!
• Jesus the Light __taught!
• Jesus the Light___preached!
• Jesus the Light___healed!
"It's time! This is the hour that Jesus spoke of!"
• The hour when the dead hear the voice of the Son of God!
• Jesus is the Light!
• And they that hear shall live!
"Hear His voice today and live!"
Light will spring up!
Darkness will flee!
"Let the light shine!"
He that comes to the light is truly changed!
The light will always prove that the Light has come into our heart.
Act 9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
Act 9:2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
Act 9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
Act 9:4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Act 9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Act 9:6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
Act 9:7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
Act 9:8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.
Act 9:9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
Act 9:10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.
Act 9:11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,
Act 9:12 And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
Act 9:13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
Act 9:14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
Act 9:15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
Act 9:16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
Act 9:17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
Act 9:18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.
Act 9:19 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.
Act 9:20 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
Act 9:21 But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?
Act 9:22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
Saul was changed by the Light!
He thought he knew God but he didn’t.
Saul upon being immersed in the Light of God said: “Who are you Lord?”
God’s response to him was: “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.”
Paul was totally changed by the power of God!
God said” “Let there be Light and light was!”
Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Matthew 5:14
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
