Joh 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Joh 3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Light is come into the world.
Jesus.
Joh 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Joh 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
JESUS the LIGHT of the WORLD.
LIGHT (JESUS) came into the world and men loved darkness (evil) rather than LIGHT (JESUS).
Why? Why do men love darkness (evil)?
Because he does NOT want to be reproved!
Why don't we want to be reproved? In general, why don't we like being reproved? When a person is reproved they are being shown where they've erred. We don't like to be wrong. Our pride gets in the way of our acceptance of reproof.
Being wrong about something is admitting to IMPERFECTION, right?
We can say we aren't perfect, and we KNOW we aren't perfect, but we sure don't like to be reminded of that by anyone else. We go through life doing the best we can and when we screw up we never feel good about it, and we shouldn't, should we? Our screw ups point out our tendency to do wrong. Feeling good about doing wrong isn't something we want, right? Feeling a sincere repentance when we do wrong is necessary to the comprehension of our existence with sin.
When we do something wrong accidentally we still feel bad about it, we don't like to mess up, but the sad fact is - accidentally or not - we will mess up. We will go through life believing that we know what to do, how to exist in the world comfortably enough to get by. But we can NEVER get to that place where we are depending upon OURSELVES for our own goodness, for our right doing. We can NEVER get to that place where we excuse our wrong offhandedly.
So all too often people will choose to embrace wrong, to love wrong, rather than strive against it. They will love their evil deeds so much because to be reproved and told they are doing wrong is too appalling to them. Feeling the depths of their sin is something they abhor. They want NO REPROOF! They do NOT want to be told they are WRONG. They do NOT want to deal with the fact they are a vile creature in need of a pure, holy Savior! They HATE the LIGHT! The LIGHT shines upon their evil in all its forms and reveals it to them and they shun the LIGHT rather than let it expose their sin. They prefer the darkness and the evil it hides. That darkness cocoons them in a state of selfish self love allowing them to revel in themselves, feeling no shame, no remorse, no repentance, no need of forgiveness, desiring no Light whatsoever.
Those who LOVE the LIGHT will feel REPROOF. They will feel the harsh whip of chastising not just once but often, very, very often. While our bodies might not bear physical scars from this whip, our spiritual body will be covered in them. We NEED these scars! We NEED the painfulness of reproof to remind us always our need of a SAVIOR. To remind us that we do understand as much as we are able to that we will never not need a SAVIOR. We need the CONSTANT reminders. We need to bask constantly in the LIGHT because to choose darkness is to choose death, not life.
Joh 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Joh 3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Please LORD reprove our deeds! Please LORD help us to LOVE the LIGHT! Please LORD help us NOT to choose darkness over any light!
It is true the world is filled with haters of the LIGHT, help us NOT to be among them in any way! BY YOUR GRACE, YOUR LOVE ALWAYS in ALL WAYS!
Joh 3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Light is come into the world.
Jesus.
Joh 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Joh 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
JESUS the LIGHT of the WORLD.
LIGHT (JESUS) came into the world and men loved darkness (evil) rather than LIGHT (JESUS).
Why? Why do men love darkness (evil)?
Because he does NOT want to be reproved!
Why don't we want to be reproved? In general, why don't we like being reproved? When a person is reproved they are being shown where they've erred. We don't like to be wrong. Our pride gets in the way of our acceptance of reproof.
Being wrong about something is admitting to IMPERFECTION, right?
We can say we aren't perfect, and we KNOW we aren't perfect, but we sure don't like to be reminded of that by anyone else. We go through life doing the best we can and when we screw up we never feel good about it, and we shouldn't, should we? Our screw ups point out our tendency to do wrong. Feeling good about doing wrong isn't something we want, right? Feeling a sincere repentance when we do wrong is necessary to the comprehension of our existence with sin.
When we do something wrong accidentally we still feel bad about it, we don't like to mess up, but the sad fact is - accidentally or not - we will mess up. We will go through life believing that we know what to do, how to exist in the world comfortably enough to get by. But we can NEVER get to that place where we are depending upon OURSELVES for our own goodness, for our right doing. We can NEVER get to that place where we excuse our wrong offhandedly.
So all too often people will choose to embrace wrong, to love wrong, rather than strive against it. They will love their evil deeds so much because to be reproved and told they are doing wrong is too appalling to them. Feeling the depths of their sin is something they abhor. They want NO REPROOF! They do NOT want to be told they are WRONG. They do NOT want to deal with the fact they are a vile creature in need of a pure, holy Savior! They HATE the LIGHT! The LIGHT shines upon their evil in all its forms and reveals it to them and they shun the LIGHT rather than let it expose their sin. They prefer the darkness and the evil it hides. That darkness cocoons them in a state of selfish self love allowing them to revel in themselves, feeling no shame, no remorse, no repentance, no need of forgiveness, desiring no Light whatsoever.
Those who LOVE the LIGHT will feel REPROOF. They will feel the harsh whip of chastising not just once but often, very, very often. While our bodies might not bear physical scars from this whip, our spiritual body will be covered in them. We NEED these scars! We NEED the painfulness of reproof to remind us always our need of a SAVIOR. To remind us that we do understand as much as we are able to that we will never not need a SAVIOR. We need the CONSTANT reminders. We need to bask constantly in the LIGHT because to choose darkness is to choose death, not life.
Joh 3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Joh 3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
Please LORD reprove our deeds! Please LORD help us to LOVE the LIGHT! Please LORD help us NOT to choose darkness over any light!
It is true the world is filled with haters of the LIGHT, help us NOT to be among them in any way! BY YOUR GRACE, YOUR LOVE ALWAYS in ALL WAYS!
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