Our Deeds Are Manifest.

 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. 

Joh 3:21  But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

Do you have something to hide? Our sins can often be things we don't want to face, we'd rather hide them, ignore them, pretend they don't really exist. We justify ourselves by saying, the whole world believes differently therefore they must be right, my sin isn't sin any more. We don't like to call sin - sin. That implies a wrongness, an evilness. Why do you think we came up with the term "white lie"? To appease our conscience, to hush that still small voice whispering into our moral fiber that we might be sinning. White lies are okay, that's what we are told. What makes them white? They are harmless. White is often a symbolic color of purity, and as such our lies when made white are pure and harmless. No one wants Mr. or Mrs. Bluntspeaker to blurt out all sorts of things simply because they abhor white lying. "How are you today, Mr. Bluntspeaker?"  "Just awful, I woke up with a headache, my back hurts, and I have an ingrown toenail to boot. And how are you?" A simple, 'just awful' without any explanation would have sufficed, but saying you're 'just awful' is usually considered a precursor to details, whereas saying 'just fine' is in itself usually enough-no explanation needed. "Hey, Mrs. Bluntspeaker, how do you like my new haircut?"  "It's hideous. I bet you can't wait until it grows out." Again, a simple, "It's hideous" would not do at all, but neither is the rest of the reply appropriate. How do you get out of lying in that situation, when you truly think your friend's haircut is atrocious? "It's not my particular favorite style for anyone really, the important thing is that you like it."  You're not outright saying it's horrible, but you're not lying by saying it's wonderful. Will your friend still take offense, it's possible. We live in a world that has us excusing sin from the white lies to the many blatant sins that less than a hundred years ago would have people shunning those who commit them. Today sin is largely called good and if you oppose that, why there is something really wrong with you and you just better not try to take us back to the dark ages with your high and mighty thinking. 

Truthfully, there has been a lot of sin throughout our entire history as a human race except perhaps for a period of unknown time in the very beginning of Creation. 

Even when a high moral standard was upheld, a lot of those doing the upholding were secretly sinning, and taking on a greater sin of self-exaltation, self-serving and so on. A scene from the book/movie by Charles Dicken's - 'Oliver Twist' comes to mind. There in the squalor of an orphanage/workhouse were starving children while the head of the orphanage and its associates were feasting and fat- yet they dared to punish a starving child for wanting more. The blatant contradiction as the orphanage leaders proclaimed their Godly status in taking in orphans only to abuse them was a basic theme of a seedy society. In many ways today, so-called Christians are using their supposed god-fearing beliefs to wreck havoc among mankind. Am I advocating sin, saying we need to accept it? NEVER.  I'm saying we need to LOVE above all and that includes any sinner. We are not to conform to any sinners way, but that shouldn't keep us from loving them. 

Ahhh, I know I'm fighting a battle that isn't winnable in the sense all of society will one day be at peace and no one will sin- and by sin- I mean no one will be separated from God's love. That will never occur for us human beings governing ourselves, never. Christ will return as our conquering King of Kings, and only then will we eventually behold a world at peace- His world above and eventually our world below will be wiped clean of all sin.

May we not be found among those who hate the light of truth. May we forever be ready to seek truth in all things, loving truth and despising evil. Let us govern ourselves in this first and foremost being very careful of taking on an air of superiority - a huge beam in your eye- way of seeing things. Be humble to all without exception. Look to your own self before you open your mouth to expose another's life in anyway as being sinful. Seek forgiveness, love even your enemies- do good to those who hurt you terribly, love with the love of Jesus. Leave ALL condemnation to Him, all of it!  Watch your own life, your own actions, answer to God for your way of living- and let others see to theirs. Chances are 99% of those who hate light and only want darkness to cover their evil- know their own sinfulness and your pointing it out will do nothing.  Call sin, sin, but leave it there unless God truly directs you otherwise- but don't call out the sinners in a personal one on one, unless it's to love and not condemn, unless it's not condoning while not condemning another's eternal 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. 

Joh 3:21  But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

May we do truth and come to the light so we are unashamed because we live for God. Our actions should be wrought only in God.  May God bless us and keep us in HIM always- through Jesus Christ our LORD and SAVIOR now and forever!!! Amen !!!!