Discover the Light

Have you ever gone into a dimly lighted restaurant and almost stumbled over chairs and tables as you try to keep up with the hostess taking you to your table?  The dark is overwhelming. However, after a few minutes your eyes have adjusted to the dark and now you can see to read your menu without a flashlight.

Sinful people, sinful churches, sinful nations find it very easy to get used to the darkness of this world. The world embraces its own sinful ways. Jesus said, "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)  Roaches and bugs of every sort hide in dark places in your house: behind cups and saucers in your cabinets, behind the cabinet drawers.  When the light is turned on they scurry to find cover and protection from the light. Jesus further said, "For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved." (John 3:20) For the sinful person, accustomed to the dark, turning on the light of God's word and the Gospel of Jesus Christ is like suddenly turning on the lights in a dark theater or having someone turn on the lights in your bedroom after you have fallen asleep.

"But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God." (John 3:21) Saved people, Christian people, followers of Christ who have come to the Light of the World for salvation, love the light.  They enjoy being around other people who have discovered the Light.  Are you one of them?