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ARE YOU A CHILD OF DARKNESS?
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5
1 Thessalonians 5:4-5
1 John 1:5-10
“…not in darkness, that that
day should overtake you as a thief.”
ARE YOU A CHILD OF DARKNESS?
A child of darkness is everything that a child of light is not. Darkness is the absence of light. A child of darkness is one who does not have the light of Christ shining in his life. He is lost in the darkness of sin without the light of Christ to guide him. In that state of darkness, he cannot comprehend the light (John 1:4-5), nor does he have any desire to come to the light. This is the sad state of one who is lost in darkness. John 3:19-20 tells us that “men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.”
Children of darkness know nothing but a life of sin. This is not to say that every single one of them are hardened criminals committing terribly immoral deeds. However, because they do not know God, everything they do is a deed of darkness. Nothing that they do can ever be for the glory of God. Their lives are all geared towards the fulfilment of self. As Paul explained in Romans 3:10-11: “There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.”
That is why it was important for Paul to remind the Thessalonians that “ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.” The warning for those who are in darkness is, “that day should overtake you as a thief.” They are the ones who complacently assume all is “Peace and safety,” and they will be caught by surprise at the return of Christ. As unbelievers, they will have no part in the rapture but will be left behind to face the Great Tribulation. That is the sad fate of the children of darkness.
For us, we must be very sure that we are indeed children of light, and not children of darkness. Read John’s warning to us in 1 John 1:5-6. Let us be sure to walk in the light, as Christ is the Light.
THOUGHT: I am either in the dark or in the light. There is no dusk or dawn, no shades of grey.
PRAYER: Father, may Thou help me to be very certain that I am truly a child of light, and not a child of darkness.