“The Lamp”

 “The Lamp”

 

“He was the lamp that was burning and was shining and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.”  John 5:35

 

These are the Words of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, after healing a man at the Pool of Bethesda, was questioned by the Jewish religious leaders about Jesus’ Authority and not only breaking the Sabbath, but also calling GOD His own FATHER, making Himself equal with God.  It was this reason that the Jews were seeking all the more to KILL Jesus.

 

Jesus informs them that He can do nothing on His own initiative.  And if He alone testifies about Himself, the testimony is not admissible as legal evidence.  But there is another who testifies of Him and He KNOWS that the TESTIMONY which He gives about Jesus is TRUE.  And that is the Testimony of the Almighty God to Jesus, His Only Begotten Son.  It was the position of John the Baptist to be that WITNESS.  

 

It was John the Baptist, who, through his preaching, brought people from the DARKNESS into the TRUE LIGHT.  John was NOT the TRUE LIGHT, but he was the LAMP that illuminated the path to the TRUE LIGHT, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, for the SALVATION of their Souls.  Are you a LAMP that is illuminating the pathway to the TRUE LIGHT?  

 

If you are a TRUE BELIEVER, then it is your responsibility, just like John the Baptist, to be a LAMP that illuminates the PATHWAY to the TRUE LIGHT.  So others can come into the TRUE LIGHT and find SALVATION for their SINFUL SOULS.  And that they might REJOICE, because they are NOW TRUE BELIEVERS of the TRUE LIGHT.  This is the ONLY WAY they can come to Christ for their SALVATION.

 

If you are NOT a TRUE BELIEVER, then you are living in the darkness.  You NEED a LAMP to illuminate your path to the TRUE LIGHT.  I will be the LAMP for you.  In order for you to come OUT of your DARKNESS and into the TRUE LIGHT, you MUST first ADMIT that you are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, the LORD JESUS, the TRUE LIGHT.  And then you MUST BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART, that JESUS died for YOU, and is NOW ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God.  Then you MUST CONFESS your sins to Him, and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  YOU MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL lifestyle, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  You MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and be the LAMP to ILLUMINATE someone else’s PATHWAY to the TRUE LIGHT and to their SALVATION.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!