Shining Light

An episode of the Grace Truth Bible Fellowship podcast, hosted by Grace Truth Bible Fellowship, titled "Shining Light" was published on June 16, 2024 and runs 39 minutes.

June 16, 2024 ·39m · Grace Truth Bible Fellowship

Summary

SHINING LIGHT Philippians 2:15-16 among whom ye shine as lights in the world; Holding forth the word of life; 1. LIGHT VS DARKNESS a) Light = Illumination, day, knowledge and truth – Psalms 119:130 b) Darkness = blindness, ignorance accompanying immorality, night, confusion - Psalm 78:2, Matt 13:34-35 c) God separated the light from the dark in the beginning – Gen 1:3-5,18 d) They are opposite – Isa 5:20, Acts 26:18, 2 Cor 6:14 2. DIFFERENT LIGHTS a) Natural, artificial, fluorescent, LED, incandescent, sun, moon. b) Israel as a light: • Israel was given the responsibility/covenant of being a light to the nations – Isa 2:2-3, 60:3, • God gave them his law as light – Psalm 119:104-105, Prov 6:23, Rom 2:17-20. • To be the light they had to keep the law – John 3:21, Matt 5:14-16 • Those who break the law are in darkness – 1John 2:9 c) The Light of the gospel: • Gods revealed light of the gospel in the mystery – 2Cor 4:6, 1Cor 2:7-10. • Those saved are in the light – 1Thess 5:5, Eph 5:8, Col 1:12-13. • We shine as lights by holding forth the gospel – Phil 2:15-16 • Satans ministry is blind men of this light by giving them artificial light – 2Cor 4:4, 11:12-15. 3. THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD a) The Lord is light – John 1:4-10, John 8:12. b) Gods word is light – Psalms 119:30, Gen 1:3, 2Cor 4:6. c) The word of life that we hold forth as lights concerns Jesus Christ – 2Tim 1:10. d) Our walk as children of light is in Christ – Eph 5:8, Col 2:6, Eph 5:2, Rom 6:4 e) Israel’s rising and light happen when Christ is on the throne – Isa 49:6, Rev 21:23-24.

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