WE DECLARE THE GOD OF LIGHT



"This then is the message which we have heard of Him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all." -I JOHN 1:5 [KJV]
 
Light in His Creation –
"God said, Let there be light: and there was light" [GENESIS 1:3].

How dreary time would pass had God not created light? How encouraging to know God takes pleasure in light!
Light in His Intelligence –
John declared the God of light "knoweth all things" [I JOHN 3:20]. The psalmist said of God: "He telleth the number of the stars…His understanding is infinite" [PSALM 147:4, 5]; "He knoweth the secrets of the heart" [PSALM 44:21].
Light in His Person –
The psalmist extolled God: "Thou coverest Thyself with light as with a garment" [PSALM 104:2]. Daniel: "The light dwelleth with Him" [DANIEL 2:22]. James: "the Father of lights, with Whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning" [JAMES 1:17].
Light in His Revelation –
JESUS: "I am the light of the world: he that follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life" [JOHN 8:12].

Paul: "For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ" [II CORINTHIANS 4:6].
Light distinguishes God from man –
JESUS: "And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil" [JOHN 3:19].
Men attempt to duplicate the God of light-
"…deceitful workers, transforming themselves…and no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness…" [II CORINTHIANS 11:13-14].


-Gospel report by preacher David Simpson


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