Light
Light and Darkness
“Everything that
matters to you happens between your two ears” WMS
What goes on in your
mind brings happiness or sadness
What goes on in your
mind is either light or darkness
The problem is
This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved
darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. John 3:19
Many will question
the validity of the Truth
The answer is this
True Light always
gives Life
Jesus was and is the
Light of the World
Because the Light He
lived in overcame death
Jesus died, but the
darkness of the grave could not hold Him
Could not stop the
True Life
The Light Jesus
shared with us gave Him life even though He died
That same True Light
has the power of giving us Life after Death
If you want real life
and life eternal
Than you must invite
the True Light between your ears
To expose the darkness
in your mind
Light and Darkness
“Everything that matters to you
happens between your two ears.” WMS
What goes on in your mind
brings happiness or sadness.
What goes on in your mind
is either light or darkness.
The problem is…
This is the verdict:
Light has come into the world,
but men loved darkness
instead of light because their deeds were evil.
John 3:19
The mind is an amazing thing,
it can change very quickly
like the speed of light.
With a word, we can change
from sad to happy or glad to sad.
The Gospel of John is full of metaphors…
“A figure of speech in
which a word or
phrase is applied to
an object or action
to which it is not
literally applicable.”
When we come upon metaphors, we
need to look for its literal application.
John 1:4 and 5 says in the AMP…
In Him was Life, and
the Life was the Light of men.
And the Light shines
on in the darkness,
for the darkness has
never overpowered
it [put it out or
absorbed it or appropriated it,
and is unreceptive to
it].
John 1:4, 5
The Life of Jesus was the Light of Men.
And the Light shines in darkness
and darkness cannot overcome it.
Darkness cannot overcome light,
but light always
overcomes darkness.
If Light equals Life and Darkness equals Death…
We have a hard time understanding because
we see Death overtaking Life all the time.
With Jesus there is an exception…
Death and Darkness
could not overcome Him.
All the people Jesus spoke to died,
the darkness of the grave covered them.
John the Baptist said he was not the Light,
but testified
(reflected the
Light like the Moon) to the Light.
All of us need to be like John,
reflecting the Light of Christ.
So what is the literal meaning of these metaphors?
When Jesus came into the world,
He came as Light into
the World.
The Light was not to give light
to the earth, but to our minds.
“Everything that matters to you
happens between your two ears.” WMS
These metaphors in the Gospel of John
are about Light coming to our minds.
Not just words that would make
us feel better, but Words of Truth.
The problem we all have is we like darkness.
All of us have things we don’t
want others to know about us.
There are thoughts we want to keep in
the dark so others and God can’t see.
We don’t always realize the darkness in our minds.
Darkness that keeps us from understanding.
How many times we look back
on our lives and say…
“If I had only known
I would have done things differently.”
So there is darkness
in our minds
we do not want and darkness we love.
But all darkness kills life.
The Urban Dictionary says…
“Darkness
is found in our deepest parts of mind, somewhere more important than the heart.
A cold place where we cannot see into because every time we look we can’t see
anything other than the light we let in.
This force moves any person into making moral choices that do not involve gaining any kind of benefit therefore not taking interest in martial or feeling related possessions. Love is seemly turned into a cold void of reality and money has no meaning other than an object of oppression. Pain is replaced with understanding and fear is used to destroy hate instead of coming from it.”
This force moves any person into making moral choices that do not involve gaining any kind of benefit therefore not taking interest in martial or feeling related possessions. Love is seemly turned into a cold void of reality and money has no meaning other than an object of oppression. Pain is replaced with understanding and fear is used to destroy hate instead of coming from it.”
The Urban Dictionary is far from the Gospel,
but it shows from a
world point of view of darkness
being in the mind and its effects on moral choices.
Jesus came into the world to shine
the Light of Truth in our minds.
He came to make us think,
to search for Truth which is the
only Light that will remove darkness.
John the Baptist said he was not the Light,
he functioned like the moon reflecting the
True Light upon others so they would
repent of the darkness in their minds.
You and I need to do the same…
To share the Truth so
the darkness of
people’s minds might be dispelled.
Many will question the validity of the Truth.
The answer is this…
True Light always gives Life.
Jesus was and is the Light of the World
because the Light He lived in overcame death.
Jesus died, but the darkness of the grave
could not hold Him, could not stop the True Life.
The Light Jesus shared with us gave
Him life even though He died.
That same True Light has the
power of giving us life after death.
If you want real life and life eternal…
Then you must invite the True Light between your ears
to expose the darkness in your mind.
“So I tell you this,
and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do,
in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and
separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to
the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given
themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with
a continual lust for more.”
Ephesians
4:17-19
Scripture Reading
John 1:4-14 AMP
4 In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men.
5 And the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness
has never overpowered it [put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is
unreceptive to it].
6 There came a man sent from God, whose name was John. [Mal
3:1.]
7 This man came to witness, that he might testify of the
Light, that all men might believe in it [adhere to it, trust it, and rely upon
it] through him.
8 He was not the Light himself, but came that he might bear
witness regarding the Light.
9 There it was — the true Light [was then] coming into the
world [the genuine, perfect, steadfast Light] that illumines every person. [Isa
49:6.]
10 He came into the world, and though the world was made
through Him, the world did not recognize Him [did not know Him].
11 He came to that which belonged to Him [to His own — His
domain, creation, things, world], and they who were His own did not receive Him
and did not welcome Him.
12 But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave
the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is,
to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name — [Isa 56:5.]
13 Who owe their birth neither to bloods nor to the will of
the flesh [that of physical impulse] nor to the will of man [that of a natural
father], but to God. [They are born of God!]
14 And the Word (Christ) became flesh (human, incarnate) and
tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived awhile) among us; and we [actually]
saw His glory (His honor, His majesty), such glory as an only begotten son receives
from his father, full of grace (favor, loving-kindness) and truth. [Isa
40:5.]
John 1:6 AMP
5 And the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness
has never overpowered it [put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is
unreceptive to it].
John 3:19-21 NIV
19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but
men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone
who does evil hates the light , and will not come into the light for fear that
his deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the
light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done
through God."
Ephesians 4:17-24 NIV
17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that
you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God
because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.
19 Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality
so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.
20 You, however, did not come to know Christ that way. 21
Surely you heard of him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth
that is in Jesus. 22 You were taught, with regard to your former way of life,
to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; 23
to be made new in the attitude of your minds; 24 and to put on the new self,
created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
