THE NATURE OF DARKNESS
Text: Ephesians 5:8-11 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) 10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove […]
ARE YOU STILL FLIRTING WITH DARKNESS?
Text: James 1:12–16 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he […]
DANGERS OF REJECTING THE LIGHT
Text: Romans 1:21–22 21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, DANGERS OF REJECTING THE LIGHT Memory verse: Proverbs 29:1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, […]
PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Seek His Glory in Prayer and Worship
Text: John 4:23–24 23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. . PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Seek His Glory in […]
PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Living as Children of Light
Text: Matthew 5:14–16 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, […]
PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: Resist Darkness
Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:5–6 5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the […]
THE REWARDS OF WALKING AND SHINING IN THE LIGHT
Text: Isaiah 58 7-14 7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? 8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, […]
Practical Implications: Shine the Light
Text: Romans 13:11-14 11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. 12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour […]
Practical Implications: Walking in the Light
Text: Ephesians 5:8–9 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) Practical Implications: Walking in the Light Memory verse: John 8:12 “Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the […]
THE LIGHT OF GLORY IN THE FUTURE
Text: 2 Corinthians 4:17–18 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things […]