Philippians 2:14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
..15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life..
Let The Light Shine Everyday
.. So we see here about light shining in the midst of our everyday walk – the everyday things we do.. At times we fall victim to ‘ murmurings and disputings ‘, at times we start griping and moaning. And so you are not to act or react as the world does because that’s what can start to put the light out in you.
Light In Darkness
.. God has called us in these conditions and our lights are to shine every day in the practical things that we do and in the way that we come over with family, at work and with people that we meet. We are to love even the unloveable and all of this is to let the light shine in the darkness.
Power And Light
The church in general today knows very little on being light to the world, there is a lack of the power of The Holy Spirit. The baptism of The Holy Spirit is no longer espoused. The empowerment of the Spirit is the light and if the church loses this the light slowly goes out.
Salt And Light
The power of the Holy Spirit is also cleansing in nature – through the Word of God taught under the anointing. We are like salt being preserved as seasoning in the world. Salt may still look like salt but it can lose it’s flavour.
True Light v Angel Of Light
In the world many call themselves Christians but are not necessarily so, the light within them reveals whether or not they are Christians. So we mustn’t be deceived, the enemy comes like an angel of light.. ..
2 Timothy 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
2 Corinthians 11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
Matthew 5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15 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.
.. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Revelation 2:4 ..Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
..5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Ephesians 6:12 For 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.
Genesis 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
.. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Ephesians 5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
2 Corinthians 4:6 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.
..7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
Colossians 3:23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
Revelation 22:5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
Matthew 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
