Light And Darkness Pt. 1

Light and Darkness



   dark-ness /darknis/ Noun: The Partial or Total absence of light
   light /lit/ Noun: The natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible


Light - the NATURAL agent, being normal, how it was suppose to be being what is, I AM; who makes you see and have visible sight. Exodus 4:11 | The Lord said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?... |; 1 John 1:5b | ...that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all.
Darkness - The Absence of light, so if God isn't somewhere there is darkness, if His presence isn't there there is darkness; In the Hearts of Man, In the Farthest Reaches of space, In the fellowship of people. If God isn't there there will be something taking it's place.

It's interesting to note that light and darkness act like a personal factor rather than a physics factor. How light will bring to the light what is in the heart of Man, and darkness covers it up, because of the fear of being humble or exposed. John 3:20 | For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for FEAR that his deeds will be EXPOSED. | 


A good example of someone who was like this in the Bible was Saul. From Acts 8:1 - 9:2 Saul was filled with darkness, but then we read in Acts 9:2 | As he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him; | If you notice the light didn't overtake him, rather it just flashed, kind of like when your driving and the cool guy on the oncoming lane decides to flash his Hi Lights in your face and you are partially blind for a split second. There was a flash and then it was gone, So then afterwards he remained in his Darkness, at that point he realized how much in Darkness he was really in; Like you know how your eyes get used to the dark before you go to sleep and when you wake up in the morning you turn on the light and it's as if the sun in in your room burning your eyeballs out of their sockets because you got so used to the darkness? It was the same for Saul, he had been in darkness for so long that when the LIGHT shined; something good, it nearly blinded him. Other examples of light that you could look up are:

• Mosses (Exodus 34:29),
• 2 Corinthians 3:18 | But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a Mirrior the GLORY of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit |
• Stephen (Acts 6-7) In Specific parts like 6:8-10 | 8And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people. 9But some men...rose up and argued with Stephen. 10But they were UNABLE TO COPE with the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking | The reason these things happened were because Stephen was a Light, and the Pharisees were in darkness, and like my roommates they didn't like that a light was shining on them while they were sleeping in their comfortable beds (environment). 

1 John 1:5-10
   5This is the message, we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. 6If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the Darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; 7but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have FELLOWSHIP with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

Break it down:
   v5 - God is Light. Wherever God isn't there is darkness oh wait what about...Psalm 139: 7-12, Honestly the only place that there could ever be darkness is in Men, in their hearts. Why do you think so many times in the Bible it says that the origin of men's wickedness is always said to come from the Heart?
 Deuteronomy 30:10 | if you obey the Lord your God to keep His commandments and His statues which are written in this book of the law, if you TURN to the Lord your God with all your heart and soul. (Notice how that part,  | ...if you TURN... | is a command, something you much do because it's somewhere that God has given you control over, so it's up to you to let him in or not. [Jerimiah 17:9-10; Proverbs 21:2; 1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Kings 8:39]
   v6 - The word fellowship in this verse is to communicate with, to be in constant contact with. If that is the case, then how can we walk in darkness? We lie to look good in the sight of man and don't have that commute, that fellowship with Him. If we did have a constant communication with God, we wouldn't be in "darkness" or these types of concerns that go against Matt 6:25-33 (Cure for Anxiety). Think about it, when you hang out with people with good habits and discipline you tend to stand up straighter, think bigger, and just overall act better. So if your in constant conversation (Back and Forth) with God, the ultimate source of knowledge, wisdom, purity, awesomeness, perfection; don't you think that you kind of have all the answers to all of your questions that will help your walk? [Examples. Psalm 55:14, John 17:23]
v7 - Because we get the understanding of the verse above, because we have that CONSTANT commute with God Almighty, will He then not pour out His call for those around you if they are in the same Spirit?
 Colossians 2:2 | that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God's mystery, that is, Christ Himself |