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LIGHT AND DARKNESS OR GOOD AND EVIL?
Those in darkness seeing will not see. Those hearing will not hear.
1 JOHN 1:5-7 [5], This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. [6], If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: [7], But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleans us from all sin.
JOHN 3:19-21 [19], And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; because their deeds were evil. [20], For everyone that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. [21], But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.
NOTE: WALK = LIVING AND DOING; DARKNESS = EVIL DEEDS. Therefore. Walking in darkness means doing evil deeds (breaking God’s Commandments). Those who do evil deeds hate the light because the light reveals their deeds are evil neither will they come to the light. Only those who walk in the light not doing evil deeds are God’s Church and are cleansed by the blood of JESUS CHRIST from all sin (past).
ROMANS 8:12-13 [12], Therefore, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. [13], For if you live after the flesh, you shall die: but if you through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, you shall live.
PSALMS 56:13 For you have delivered my soul from death: will not you deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
PSALMS 90:8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your countenance.
PSALMS 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
PSALMS 119:130 The entrance of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.
PROVERBS 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life.
PROVERBS 13:9 The light of the righteous rejoices: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
ISAIAH 5:20 Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
ISAIAH 8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
ISAIAH 9:2 The people that walked in darkness (SIN; EVIL DEEDS) have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death (WAGES OF SIN), on them has the light shined.
MATTHEW 4:16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
MATTHEW 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
MATTHEW 6:22-23 [22], The light of the body is the eye: if therefore your eye be single, your whole body shall be full of light. [23], But if your eye be evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you be darkness, how great is that darkness!
JOHN 8:12 Then spoke Jesus again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
JOHN 12:35 Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness come on you: for he that walks in darkness knows not where he goes.
JOHN 12:36 While you have light, believe in the light, that you may be the children of light. These things spoke Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
JOHN 12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whoever believes on me should not abide in darkness.
EPHESIANS 5:8 For you were sometimes darkness, but now are you light in the Lord: walk as children of light
1 THESSALONIANS 5:5 You are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
1 PETER 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light
WHO ARE THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS?
1 JOHN 3:3-10
[4], Whoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
[5], And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
[6], Whoever stays in him sins not (does not break God's LAW): whoever sins (breaks God's LAW) has not seen him, neither known him.
[7], Little children, let no man deceive you: he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
[8], He that commits sin (breaks God's LAW) is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
[9], Whoever is born of God does not commit sin (does not break God's LAW); for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
[10], In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother.
The Children of darkness of those who continue in SIN (breaking any one of God's 10 commandments). The children of God walking in the light are those who BELIEVE and FOLLOW God's WORD.
PSALMS 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
PROVERBS 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life.
PROVERBS 13:9 The light of the righteous rejoices: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
ISAIAH 5:20 Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
ISAIAH 8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
1 JOHN 2:3-4 [3], And HEREBY WE KNOW THAT WE KNOW HIM, IF WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. [4], HE THAT SAYS I KNOW HIM AND KEEPS NOT HIS COMMANDMENTS IS A LIAR AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM.
God's Sheep hear his Voice (the Word of God)
Those in darkness seeing will not see. Those hearing will not hear.
1 JOHN 1:5-7 [5], This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. [6], If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: [7], But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleans us from all sin.
JOHN 3:19-21 [19], And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; because their deeds were evil. [20], For everyone that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. [21], But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.
NOTE: WALK = LIVING AND DOING; DARKNESS = EVIL DEEDS. Therefore. Walking in darkness means doing evil deeds (breaking God’s Commandments). Those who do evil deeds hate the light because the light reveals their deeds are evil neither will they come to the light. Only those who walk in the light not doing evil deeds are God’s Church and are cleansed by the blood of JESUS CHRIST from all sin (past).
ROMANS 8:12-13 [12], Therefore, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. [13], For if you live after the flesh, you shall die: but if you through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, you shall live.
PSALMS 56:13 For you have delivered my soul from death: will not you deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?
PSALMS 90:8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your countenance.
PSALMS 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
PSALMS 119:130 The entrance of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.
PROVERBS 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life.
PROVERBS 13:9 The light of the righteous rejoices: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
ISAIAH 5:20 Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
ISAIAH 8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
ISAIAH 9:2 The people that walked in darkness (SIN; EVIL DEEDS) have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death (WAGES OF SIN), on them has the light shined.
MATTHEW 4:16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
MATTHEW 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
MATTHEW 6:22-23 [22], The light of the body is the eye: if therefore your eye be single, your whole body shall be full of light. [23], But if your eye be evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you be darkness, how great is that darkness!
JOHN 8:12 Then spoke Jesus again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
JOHN 12:35 Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness come on you: for he that walks in darkness knows not where he goes.
JOHN 12:36 While you have light, believe in the light, that you may be the children of light. These things spoke Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
JOHN 12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whoever believes on me should not abide in darkness.
EPHESIANS 5:8 For you were sometimes darkness, but now are you light in the Lord: walk as children of light
1 THESSALONIANS 5:5 You are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
1 PETER 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light
WHO ARE THE CHILDREN OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS?
1 JOHN 3:3-10
[4], Whoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
[5], And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
[6], Whoever stays in him sins not (does not break God's LAW): whoever sins (breaks God's LAW) has not seen him, neither known him.
[7], Little children, let no man deceive you: he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
[8], He that commits sin (breaks God's LAW) is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
[9], Whoever is born of God does not commit sin (does not break God's LAW); for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
[10], In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother.
The Children of darkness of those who continue in SIN (breaking any one of God's 10 commandments). The children of God walking in the light are those who BELIEVE and FOLLOW God's WORD.
PSALMS 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.
PROVERBS 6:23 For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life.
PROVERBS 13:9 The light of the righteous rejoices: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
ISAIAH 5:20 Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
ISAIAH 8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
1 JOHN 2:3-4 [3], And HEREBY WE KNOW THAT WE KNOW HIM, IF WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. [4], HE THAT SAYS I KNOW HIM AND KEEPS NOT HIS COMMANDMENTS IS A LIAR AND THE TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM.
God's Sheep hear his Voice (the Word of God)
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