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WHAT COMMUNION HATH LIGHT WITH DARKNESS?
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9
Genesis 1:1-5

2 Corinthians 6:14-18

 

“Walk in the light.”

 

WHAT COMMUNION HATH LIGHT WITH DARKNESS?
 
Without light, life on earth as we know it ceases to exist. The wise king said, “Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun” (Eccles 11:7). But Gospel light is infinitely more precious. It alone reveals eternal things, and ministers to our souls’ need. When the Holy Spirit gives us spiritual light, we behold the glory of God in Jesus Christ His Son. We also see ourselves, marred and stained by sin, in our true condition - hopeless, lost and helpless. Then we see the Saviour, God’s appointed One, “full of grace and truth” (John 1:14), offering us “life for a look” (John 3:14-16). Thank God for the Gospel light drawing us to the Saviour, the Lord Jesus, the Light of the world.
 
With light comes also a division. Light and darkness can have no communion: God the Creator ruled from the beginning that they remain separate. Therefore, let us not confound them. Sons of light must have no fellowship with the children of darkness. Neither must we have anything to do with their deeds, doctrines, and deceptions. The children of the day must be sober, honest and vigilant. We must be faithful and courageous in the Lord’s work. No matter how unpopular it may be, we must have no dealings with the works of darkness.
 
A true Church of Jesus Christ should exercise the discipline of keeping clear and separate from all doctrinal darkness and error, and from those “Christians” and churches which preach or participate in them. In judgment, in action, in hearing, in teaching, in association, we must exercise spiritual discernment between truth and error, between light and darkness. At the beginning of the world, the Lord laid down the principle. Now at the end of the age, should not we His servants do likewise?
 
THOUGHT: True and loyal believers will never approve or be involved in the Ecumenical Movement and its darkness.

PRAYER: Father, keep me in Thy strait and narrow path.

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