THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

     Jesus is the Light of the world and the Light shines in darkness.  Jesus is the Sun of Malachi 4:2. Therefore, when Jesus died on the cross there was darkness over the face of the earth because the Sun went out. 
    Satan is the Prince of darkness and sinners, who abide in darkness, crucified the Lord because they refused the Light. With Christ dead, sinners could continue their religious practices and not be bothered by the Light.
    Something went wrong with their evil plan, however.  The Light came out of the tomb!  And other people, who believed in Christ, received the gift of Holy Spirit and the Light of the Lord abided in them and continued to expose the sin of sinful people.  Now religious people had to kill Christians in order to keep the Light from shining on them, and the trail of blood of Christ has continued for 2000 years through the deaths of the martyrs.
    False prophets are agents of darkness, representatives of Satan. They work to teach people to avoid the Light.  They teach people that there is more than one way to get to heaven.   False prophets look good and sound good to sinners because sinners are comfortable in darkness because they are living in deception, which is from Satan.
    Salvation in Christ is a gift of God by grace.  Religion is a system of works.  This is why religious Christians work for their salvation in order to be approved by the false prophets and thereby earn their way to heaven.  As we discussed yesterday, however, this heaven that religious Christians believe is out of the imagination of the false prophets, who represent the devil, which is why religious institutions are dens of darkness because the Light of Christ is not welcome; neither will Christ condescend His holiness to meet with sinners in their evil religions.
    From outside religious buildings, the Light says:  Come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.  (II Corinthians 6:17:18).
    In previous blogs, you have heard me urge people to flee from religion and accept the Light.  For if people remain in their dens of darkness, they will remain in their sin, and they will be in hell with Satan. For religion is Satan's Institution of Darkness, which is why religious Christians do not like to talk about the Lord, the Son of God, because Christ is not their Lord.  They have accepted a substitute way to get to heaven, which does not exist. 
    But by accepting the Light and being born again in Christ, the love of God is spread abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. (Romans 5:5).
     Jesus is the Light of the world!  Jesus is the Christ!  Jesus is King of kings and Lord of lords!