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Genesis 1:4 says,
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God
divided the light from the darkness.
From the creation of
this world, the Lord separated darkness from light; the
Bible says in I John 1:5 it says, This then is the
message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you,
that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Another example of this is in Exodus 14:20 we see God's
chosen people separted from the Egyptians by the cloud and
the the Israelites being in light but the Egyptians being in
darkness. Darkness and light are total opposites, total
contrasts and they don't mix; you either have darkness or
you have light. Now, spiritually speaking we were in
darkness until the light shone unto us. Matt. 4:16, Luke
1:79, John 1:4-9, 8:12, 12;46 all agree with II Corinthians
4:6 which says, For God, who commanded the light to
shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give
the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face
of Jesus Christ. The Lord Jesus Christ is the light
or this world and so is the Word of God, look at II Peter
1:19 which says We have also a more sure word of
prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a
light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and
the day star arise in your hearts. Keeping this in
mind, there are many places in the Bible that a child of God
is admonished to stay in the light and separate from the
darkness. Let's look a some of them: Then Jesus said
unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk
while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he
that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. -
John 12:35.
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 of light. -
Romans 13:12. Be ye not unequally yoked
together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath
righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath
light with darkness? - 2 Corinthians 6:14.
For ye were
sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk
as children of light....And have no fellowship with the
unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. -
Ephesians 5:8 & 11. If you study Eph. 5 and II
Corinthians 6:14, it is obvious that it is the workers of
darkness that we are to separate from; not forgetting our
resposibility to witness to them (oh no! it IS
our job to preach the gospel to every creature),
but we are not to have any fellowship with them. The same
goes for someone who professes Christianity but walks in
darkness and will not repent after being reproved. I
Corinthians 5:9-13 says, I wrote unto you in an
epistle not to company with fornicators: Yet not altogether
with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or
extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go
out of the world. But now I have written unto you not to
keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a
fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a
drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
For what have I to do to judge them also that are without?
do not ye judge them that are within? But them that are
without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among
yourselves that wicked person. And II Thessalonians
3:6,14,15 says, Now we command you, brethren, in the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves
from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after
the tradition which he received of us.... And if any man
obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have
no company with him, that he may be ashamed. Yet count him
not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.
Notice, they are not your enemy, you are to treat them as a
brother, but to have no company with them. Why? well I will
leave you with one verse, Take heed therefore that
the light which is in thee be not darkness. - Luke
11:35. It is hard to walk in the light when you are walking
beside darkness.
Till next time, may the
Lord bless you.
Sis. Tanya |
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