Tag: Darkness
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Loving Darkness
This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. John 3:19-20 This statement of Jesus…
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Light in the Darkness
The always relevant question is how ought we live in the light and life of God, given the disturbing darkness of the world? With the ways of death present everywhere, how are we to oppose or defy them? Basically, we are to live according to what we observe in Jesus. Imitation is the key, which…
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Outer Darkness and Hope
A Roman centurion approaches Jesus and begs for him to heal his servant, and Jesus is amazed at his faith. In fact, Jesus remarks that he had not encountered a faith like this man’s in all of Israel. “I say to you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the table…
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Out of Darkness
I have suggested that we are not lost because we sin, but rather that we sin because we are lost. We are not in darkness because of sin. We are in darkness because we do not know the Light, and consequently, we sin. By “lost” I am not talking about condemned and sentenced to hell,…