Imagine how valuable light was during Biblical times. The only sources they had were the sun and fire. GOD’s chosen people were oppressed by the Romans, mistreated by the powerful, and misled by religion. Their taxes were too high, they couldn’t keep the laws of GOD or man, their bodies were sick or possessed and they longed for the Messiah!
JESUS came, healed and delivered them saying, “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6 KJV). “The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined” (Isa 9:2 KJV).
Best of all, JESUS freed us from the law of sin and death. “God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom 5:8 KJV). What do you do with that Good News? “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” (Mat 5:15 KJV).
Everyone should rejoice, but “the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them” (2 Cor 4:4 KJV). They replace real light with the artificial light of education, and so-called logic. Remember, “we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” (Eph 6:12 KJV). That’s why you fight that battle on your knees, in prayer, in the WORD, and through the power of the HOLY SPIRIT!
Wayne Lance – That’s Good News to Share!