FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT

FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT
What is darkness?--It is simply the absence of light. And scripture tells us that Satan is referred to as the prince of darkness, but Jesus is the source of light! (John 1:1-5). Jesus is the light of the world, and Satan's darkness can never extinguish the light! Hell is presented in scripture as the extreme place of darkness (Matt 8:12), and in (Jude 13) he uses the term to describe the eternal abode of sinners as "---the blackness of darkness forever"! Sin is always connected with spiritual darkness in scripture, while salvation from sin by being "born again" by the Spirit of God, is always referred to as walking in the light. The old expression people often use when they come to a relationship with Jesus is "I saw the light"! This is a very truthful saying, and simply explains what happens when we experience the truth of (2 Cor 5:17).
We might say that Satan is "total darkness" and is referred in scripture as the prince of darkness or "the god of this world who blinds the minds of those who believe not lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them" (2 Cor 4:4) "For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts",   (2 Cor 4:6). Paul writes in (Col 1:13) "He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love". In (1 Peter 2:9) we are told we are "a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light". As believers then we should walk in the light of God, and not be a mixture of light and darkness! We should now hate the things we once loved, and love the things we once hated! That is the proof of our salvation. However many believers are still a mixture, or a blend of light and darkness, and as such do not properly represent Jesus to the world. Satan is a deceiver, and comes as "an angel of light", and has many false messengers "who transform themselves into ministers of righteousness" in order to deceive us (2 Cor 11: 13-15). Jesus warned us that in these last days in which we are living, many false prophets (not just a few) would come in His name, and would deceive many (not just a few). (Matt 24: 4-5). Paul refers to God as "unapproachable light" in (1 Tim 6:16), but Jesus came to earth to put a face on God, so to speak, and make Him approachable through His incarnation! Jesus truly is the light of the world!! We need to let His light shine through us as we "walk in the light" (1 John 1:7)!!
Sincerely submitted.
Dave Jamer