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JESUS CHRIST AND GOD’S WORD: TRUE DIVINE LIGHT
TUESDAY, JULY 18
1 John 1:1-10
John 8:12
“I am the light of the world.”
JESUS CHRIST AND GOD’S WORD: TRUE DIVINE LIGHT
Light is so vital for our lives. God created light on the first day of His literal six 24-hour days in His creation (Gen 1:3-5). And on the fourth day God made the sun, the moon and the stars to be lights in the firmament (Gen 1:14-17).
As God’s natural light is free and available, many people take it for granted. In darkness how can we see each other? How can we find a way to walk safely in the right direction? “O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever” (Ps 136:1,7).
Seeing that the natural light is good and vital for our lives, let us now consider God’s Divine Light for our spiritual life and how we can reflect that light and shine it before men in this world of sin and darkness. Through God’s Word, we know that the true source of Light is from God alone (1 John 1:5, James 1:17, John 1:9; 8:12, Ps 119:105). Therefore, in order to get the true Divine Light for our spiritual life, we are to come to our living and true God of the Bible, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and to His Word alone. Many religions and cults and occult groups are deceiving themselves by believing that their gods, their leaders and their books are true light! No marvel, even Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light (2 Cor 11:14).
How can we discern truth from lies? Only God’s Word, which God has perfectly inspired and perfectly preserved for us, and the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, can illumine our hearts to see the Truth in His light and then help us show it to others (2 Cor 4:6; Eph 1:18). There is no other way.
THOUGHT: Without the Lord Jesus and God’s Word, I am in spiritual darkness. How terrible!
PRAYER: Father, help me seek Thee and Thy Word always, for Thou art my living Light.