SHINING INTO DARKNESS
By Tim Jones
Gods Great Outdoors Chairman of the Board
Colossians 1:13
He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son
Have you ever experienced total darkness? I'm not talking about the kind of darkness you experience on a moonless night in a remote wilderness. I'm talking about the type of darkness where there is a total absence of light. I think the closest that I have been to total darkness is being in a deep cavern underground and the tour guide turns the lights off. There is a cavern close to where I live that has tours in the cavern and turning the lights out while you are over 100ft. deep underground is part of the tour. It gets really black when the lights go out. There is a total absence of light.
The Bible speaks to another type of darkness. It describes our sinful condition before a Holy God as total darkness and devoid of any light. In our natural spiritual state, we are in total darkness. Our sin blots out any light that we could possess.
1 John 1:6 tells us; "If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth."
The Bible frequently depicts sin as darkness, representing moral and spiritual corruption. This imagery is in contrast to the purity and truth of God.
Ephesians 6:12 tells us that we wrestle against "the rulers of the darkness of this world..."
The association of sin with darkness emphasizes several key concepts: Separation from God, Moral corruption, and Spiritual blindness.
The good news is that we do not have to live in darkness. There is hope when we turn to God's light. Jesus is that light. The light of Jesus overcomes all sin and darkness. John 1:5 states; "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." Darkness has no power over the light. Where light exists, there is no darkness. Don't live in the darkness. Trust in Jesus for salvation from your sin and darkness. He is the only way to defeat the darkness.
John 8:12; "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of light."
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