Genesis 1:4 (KJV) - And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Light and darkness; they truly can't co-exist.
Thayer's lexicon describes 'darkness' as being without light. No light = darkness.
God's Light (Jesus) gives us life (John 1:4)
Evil fosters darkness (John 3:19)
Darkness is of Satan, light of God (Acts 26:18)
Light is from heaven and darkness is likened to death by Zechariah (Luke 1:78-79)
God is light. He has no darkness (1 John 1:5)
Jesus is the light of the world, and if you walk with him, you will not live - will not walk - in darkness (John 12:46, 8:12)
If we walk in Jesus, we are children of light (Eph 5:8, 1 Thess 5:5)
God calls us out of darkness into his light (1 Pet 2:9)
And trouble awaits those who try to call their dark deeds 'light' (Isaiah 5:20).
If we claim the light, but hate our brothers, we aren't being truthful. We are still in darkness/sin (1 John 2:9)
God provides the light in our dark worlds (Psalm 18:28, Isaiah 42:16)
So a person is either (this means ONE OR the OTHER. Can't be both):
Holy or not. (Romans 14:23b)
Hot or cold. The lukewarm Christian is valueless to God (Rev 3:15-16).
James 1:17 (AMP) - Every good gift and every perfect (free, large, full) gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of all [that gives] light, in [the shining of] Whom there can be no variation [rising or setting] or shadow cast by His turning [as in an eclipse].
So as a Christian, I'm either righteous or not. Clean or not. A follower of Christ or not.
I'm Light or I'm darkness.
The Bible doesn't offer opportunities to live in half-light or live 'mostly good' lives. According to the Bible, we're conducting our lives according to God's light, or we're not.
"AM I LIGHT?"
God Bless!
© 2008 Scotty Ward
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