“The LIGHT”

“The LIGHT”

 

Once again Jesus spoke to the people.  This time He said, “I AM the LIGHT for the WORLD! FOLLOW ME, and you won’t be walking in the DARK.  You will have the LIGHT that gives LIFE.”   John 8:12

It was the Feast of Booths, and LARGE menorahs were lit and gave LIGHT to the Temple complex, this commemorated the FIRE that guided the Israelites during their wilderness wanderings and in anticipation of the Messiah who would bring LIGHT to the nations. 

After seven days of the illumination in the Temple, Jesus declared that HE was the LIGHT OF THE WORLD and ANYONE who FOLLOWED HIM would NOT WALK in DARKNESS. And they will have LIFE. 

 I have a green plant that I have placed in front of a large window, and it gets the morning sun. That plant has a vine-like stem full of leaves, and EVERY MORNING that plant’s vine-like stem is draped over the windowsill, and its leaves are REACHING towards SUN to be able to SOAK UP the RAYS and to have LIFE within. And I think if I moved the plant somewhere where it does NOT get the DIRECT SUNLIGHT, it would DIE.  It needs LIGHT to be able to LIVE. 

This is the same way with us. We NEED JESUS, the LIGHT of the WORLD, if we want to have ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN with ALL its BLESSINGS. The plant knew IT NEEDED the SUNLIGHT, to have LIFE.  So, it FOLLOWS the SUNLIGHT and it basks in the LIFE- GIVING RAYS.  But when it is in a place where the DARKNESS is, it begins to DIE. And no matter how well you take care of it, it will DIE, because it NEEDS the LIGHT. 

And that is how it is with people who are living in the DARKNESS of an EVIL, PERVERTED WORLD.  They are DYING in the DARKNESS, because they won’t come into and ACCEPT the ONE WHO is the LIGHT of the WORLD. The ONLY ONE who can GIVE them ETERNAL LIFE. 

Are YOU living in DARKNESS or have you come into THE LIGHT, JESUS CHRIST, and ACCEPTED His GIFT of ETERNAL LIFE. IF you are living in DARKNESS you can come into the LIGHT and LIVE for ALL ETERNITY, in HEAVEN, and ESCAPE an ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS.

This is what you MUST DO:  ADMIT that you are a SINNER, living in DARKNESS, and you are in NEED of the LIFE-GIVING SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.  You MUST BELIEVE with ALL your HEART that JESUS DIED for YOU and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you before God.  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 come OUT of the DARKNESS and into the GLORIOUS LIGHT. Do this NOW while you STILL can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Do not be LEFT BEHIND!!!