Luke 11:33-36 KJV
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
I am just going to cut to the chase this morning. Among the other things this passage teaches us, it teaches us to be very careful of what goes into our lives through the window of the eye. Even a small amount of dark and evil things can destroy a life that is otherwise exposed to good and holy things. The forces of the nature of this world are so corrupted that, rather than the light of God's Word expelling the darkness of evil, that darkness can work as a "light" that dispels God's work in our lives.
When light is darkness, what a twisted thing takes place. A man may believe he is doing God service when in the truth he is wickedly opposing the Work of God, as was the case of Saul of Tarsus.
We must not take this lightly. We must be sure that the light we have in us in not darkness.
Things that appear to us to be holy.
Doctrines that our background and reason accept as truth
Practices that good sense declare to be right
Might in reality just be human religion and not light at all.
We must stop accepting that what we have always believed is right and weigh all next to the Word of God. Only its light is able to dispel the darkness of evil.
No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.
I am just going to cut to the chase this morning. Among the other things this passage teaches us, it teaches us to be very careful of what goes into our lives through the window of the eye. Even a small amount of dark and evil things can destroy a life that is otherwise exposed to good and holy things. The forces of the nature of this world are so corrupted that, rather than the light of God's Word expelling the darkness of evil, that darkness can work as a "light" that dispels God's work in our lives.
When light is darkness, what a twisted thing takes place. A man may believe he is doing God service when in the truth he is wickedly opposing the Work of God, as was the case of Saul of Tarsus.
We must not take this lightly. We must be sure that the light we have in us in not darkness.
Things that appear to us to be holy.
Doctrines that our background and reason accept as truth
Practices that good sense declare to be right
Might in reality just be human religion and not light at all.
We must stop accepting that what we have always believed is right and weigh all next to the Word of God. Only its light is able to dispel the darkness of evil.
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