Light and Darkness Story

 

Light and Darkness Story

 

To bring to the knowledge of all mankind light and truth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

 

This is our work, this is our call; this is Heavenly Father’s will for each of us.

 

We are called into existence to do his work, not our work, he has promised us – covenanted with us that if we do his work and obey his commands, believe in his son and the name of his son Jesus Christ, be baptized for the remission of sins, receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, pray unceasingly calling upon the name of Lord Jesus Christ, have faith and believe in the truth of his word without doubt, do the work and will of our Father in Heaven on this earth then we will receive our reward in heaven and joy and peace on earth.

 

It is when we go about attempting to achieve our will that our lives become imparted with pain and misery.

 

When we become separated from our Heavenly Father due to sin we need to ask for forgiveness in order to once again be in his company.

 

If we fail to ask for forgiveness of our sins and do not forsake our sins but keep on sinning without acknowledging our Father in Heaven, his son Jesus Christ or the Holy Spirit we lose all contact, assistance and guidance and are driven by the winds of man tossed to and fro not knowing what brings us joy, peace and happiness and what bring us misery and pain.

 

When we do not acknowledge, ignore or worse yet deny the existence of our Heavenly Father, Jesus and the Holy Spirit we are cut off from the wisdom, truth and light we need to find joy, peace and happiness.

 

John 8:12 – Jesus said I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. Further in John we see John 3:19 – Light (Jesus) has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. In Matthew 3:14-16 – we are called to be a light to the world. You are a light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on a stand and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in Heaven.

Jesus is the light, we are called to be a light and to not live in darkness. God said he would put the light into our hearts.

 

2 Corinthians 4:16 – For God said, let light shine out of darkness, made his light shine in our hearts to give us light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus. In 1 Peter 2:9 – we see that we have been called out of darkness into his wonderful light. In 1 John 1:5-7 – we see that God is light, in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his son purifies us from all sin. In 1 John 1:8-10 – he further states if we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.

 

A few things to be mindful of here.

 

First of all Jesus is the word.

 

John 1:1 – we see that in the beginning was the word (Jesus) and the word was with God and the word was God.

 

So you see if we claim to have not sinned, that is the same as saying if we do not accept, acknowledge, confess, recognize, understand, deny, ignore, the fact that we have sinned and that we are all sinners that Jesus will have no place in our lives.

 

If Jesus has no place in our lives we have been cut off from our Heavenly Father because he said no one comes to him except through his son. Jesus is our mediator with the Father.

 

1 Timothy 2:5 – For there is one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ who gave himself as a ransom for all men.