Names of Christ - The Light of Life

 John 8:12 

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I Am The Light of The World. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have The Light of Life.” 

1 John 1:5-7

And this is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you: God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.  But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.

John 12:46

I have come into the world as a Light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.

The Prophecy in Isaiah speaks of God's only begotten Son being The Light: from Isaiah 49, we read this in verse 6: 

He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a Light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.” Which Paul quotes in Acts 13:47. 

    And when we believe that Jesus Christ is God's only begotten Son, that He died on the cross for us and that His blood washes our sins away, that He overcame death, hell and the grave giving us new life in Him, then have we seen The Light of Life. He shines in our hearts and begins to radiate in our thoughts, in the words we speak and in our actions. We cannot become God's holy people if we do not believe in God's Holy Son first. 

    2 Corinthians 4:6 

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made His Light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."

    God cannot give us His Holy Spirit until we give Him our hearts and lives for His Son Christ Jesus to live in, that we might live in Christ. 
Ephesians 5:8, 9

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in The Lord. Walk as children of Light, for the fruit of The Light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.

Colossians 1:13, 14

 He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. 

    We are called out of darkness into His Marvelous Light according to Peter: 

1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His Marvelous Light. 

    God is calling us even yet to come out of the darkness of this world into The Light of His glorious grace in Christ Jesus. As long as we have breath in our bodies, we have the opportunity to make an informed decision to believe or not believe that Jesus Christ Is Lord. Are you willing to turn your back on darkness which leads to condemnation and judgment of God or will you face The Light of God's Marvelous Light - Jesus Christ - and walk this path of holiness which God has set before you? 

    I made my choice over 30 years ago. I believe that Jesus Christ is Lord. I believe that Jesus Christ is God's only begotten Son. I believe that Jesus Christ overcame death, hell and the grave and walked out of the tomb into the garden to give us new life in Him. I believe. Are you ready to believe? What, if anything, is holding you back?

I HAVE DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS 

HERE I AM TO WORSHIP 

Arming The Spiritual Warrior -- Watch & Pray

1 Thessalonians 5:10

He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.

HE DIED FOR US

Matthew 20:28

Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

 

John 10:11

I am the Good Shepherd: the Good Shepherd gives His life for the sheep.

WATCH & PRAY

 To be awake in this dark, and getting darker, world is to be watching and praying, in the night, through the dark hours. 

To be awake in the light in this dark world is to be serving the Lord with joy and wisdom. It is a joy that emanates from our relationship with Jesus Christ. 

Psalm 119:148

My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.

Psalm 63:6

When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.

Psalm 119:55

In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.

 Matthew 26:41

"Watch and pray, that you do not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the flesh weak."

 

1 Thessalonians 15, 17

By the Word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep. 

After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord.

2 Timothy 2:11

This is a trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we will also live with Him; if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us. 

ALIVE WITH CHRIST 

Romans 14:8, 9

If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.