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In Matthew 5:14 Jesus said, “You are the light of the world.” Then in verse 16, the Lord Jesus Christ instructs us to let our light shine before all men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
It was only after getting to understand John 15: 5 that I realized that on my own, I won’t make it but with Jesus Christ, I will be able to light up the World. This was further emphasized in James 1:17 which states that “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.”
The longer I serve the Lord, the more dependent on Him I become. The more time I spend in His presence, the more I long after Him for I realize that, though I am able to do some things on my own, I can never do what God intended or planned for me. After all, according to David, the Psalmist, it is God who lights up my light (lamp or candle). It is the Lord who brings light into darkness.
Today the lord is calling us, “Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. (Isaiah 60:1-3)
When I look around me, I see that darkness has covered the earth and gross darkness the people. Let us therefor rise and allow the light in us, to shine through us, so that the Gentiles may come to Jesus Christ.
Let us go and light up the World!
“God is light,” says 1 John 1:5. Light is a common metaphor in the Bible. Proverbs 4:18 symbolizes righteousness as the “morning sun.” Philippians 2:15 likens God’s children who are “blameless and pure” to shining stars in the sky. Jesus used light as a picture of good works: “Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds” (Matthew 5:16). Psalm 76:4 says of God, “You are radiant with light.”
The fact that God is light sets up a natural contrast with darkness. If light is a metaphor for righteousness and goodness, then darkness signifies evil and sin. First John 1:6 says that “if we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.” Verse 5 says, “God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.” Note that we are not told that God is a light but that He is light. Light is part of His essence, as is love (1 John 4:8).The message is that God is completely, unreservedly, absolutely holy, with no admixture of sin, no taint of iniquity, and no hint of injustice.
If we do not have the light, we do not know God. Those who know God, who walk with Him, are of the light and walk in the light. They are made partakers of God’s divine nature, “having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires” (2 Peter 1:4).
God is light, and so is His Son. Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12). To “walk” is to make progress. Therefore, we can infer from this verse that Christians are meant to grow in holiness and to mature in faith as they follow Jesus (see 2 Peter 3:18).
God is light, and it is His plan that believers shine forth His light, becoming more like Christ every day. “You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness” (1 Thessalonians 5:5). God is the Creator of physical light as well as the Giver of spiritual light by which we can see the truth. Light exposes that which is hidden in darkness; it shows things as they really are. To walk in the light means to know God, understand the truth, and live in righteousness.
Believers in Christ must confess any darkness within themselves – their sins and transgressions – and allow God to shine His light through them.
Christians cannot sit idly by and watch others continue in the darkness of sin, knowing that those in darkness are destined for eternal separation from God. The Light of the World desires to banish the darkness and bestow His wisdom everywhere (Isaiah 9:2; Habakkuk 2:14; John 1:9). In taking the light of the gospel to the world, we must by necessity reveal things about people that they would rather leave hidden. Light is uncomfortable to those accustomed to the dark (John 3:20).
Jesus, the sinless Son of God, is the “true light” (John 1:9). As adopted sons of God, we are to reflect His light into a world darkened by sin. Our goal in witnessing to the unsaved is “to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God” (Acts 26:18).
“I am the Light of the world” (John 8:12) is the second of seven “I AM” declarations of Jesus, recorded only in John’s gospel, that point to His unique divine identity and purpose. In declaring Himself to be the Light of the world, Jesus was claiming that He is the exclusive source of spiritual light. No other source of spiritual truth is available to mankind.
There are two types of light in the world. We can perceive one, or both, or neither! When we are born into this world, we perceive physical light, and by it we learn of our Creator’s handiwork in the things we see. However, although that light is good, there is another Light, a Light so important that the Son of God had to come in order to both declare and impart it to men. John 8:12 records, “When Jesus spoke again to the people, He said, ‘I am the Light of the World. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but have the light of life.’” The metaphor used by the Lord in this verse speaks of the light of His Truth, the light of His Word, the light of eternal Life. Those who perceive the true Light will never walk in spiritual darkness.
We take a candle into a room to dispel the darkness. Likewise, the Light of Jesus Christ has to be taken into the darkness of sin that engulfs the hearts and lives of those who are not following Him. That’s the condition behind having this Light—that we follow Him. If we do not follow Him, we will not have this light, this truth, this eternal life.
Physical light is necessary for physical life. The earth would certainly change very rapidly if there were no longer any sunlight. A forest full of trees with very thick canopies of foliage high above has very little plant life on the ground except for moss or lichen, which needs little sunlight. Plants will never move away from the light—they are said to be positively phototropic, drawn to the light. In the same way, spiritual light is necessary for spiritual life, and this can be a good test of our standing in Christ. The believer will always tend toward spiritual things; he will always tend toward fellowship, prayer, the Word of God, and so on. The unbeliever always does the opposite (John 1:5; 3:19–20) because light exposes his evil, and he hates the light. Indeed, no man can come into the true spiritual light of Jesus Christ, unless he is enabled (John 6:37).
Following Jesus is the condition of two promises in John 8:12. First, His followers will never walk in darkness, which is a reference to the assurance of salvation we enjoy. As true followers of the Light, we will never follow the ways of sin, never live in a state of continually sinning (1 John 1:5–7). Rather, we repent of our sin in order to stay close to the Light of the world. The second promise is that we will reflect the Light of Life. Just as He came as the Light of the world, He commands us to be “lights,” too. In Matthew 5:14–16 we see believers depicted as the light of the world. Just as the moon has no light of its own, reflecting the light of the sun, so are believers to reflect the Light of Christ so that all can see it in us. The Light is evident to others by the good deeds we do in faith and through the power of the Holy Spirit.
The emphasis here is maintaining a credible and obvious witness in the world, a witness that shows us to be faithful, God-honoring, trustworthy, sincere, earnest, and honest in all that we do. Also, we should always be ready to give an account of the hope that we have (1 Peter 3:15), for the gospel Light we have is not to be covered, but made obvious for all to see and benefit from, that they, too, may leave the darkness and come into the Light.
In Matteus 5:14 het Jesus gesê: “Julle is die lig van die wêreld.” Dan, in vers 16, beveel die Here Jesus Christus ons om ons lig te laat skyn voor alle mense, sodat hulle julle goeie werke kan sien en julle Vader wat in die hemele is, kan verheerlik.
Eers nadat ek Johannes 15:5 verstaan het, het ek besef dat ek dit nie op my eie sal maak nie, maar saam met Jesus Christus sal ek die wêreld kan verlig. Dit is verder beklemtoon in Jakobus 1:17 wat sê: “Elke goeie gawe en elke volmaakte gawe kom van bo af, van die Vader van die hemelse ligte, by wie daar geen verandering of skaduwee is nie.”
Hoe langer ek die Here dien, hoe meer afhanklik word ek van Hom. Hoe meer tyd ek in Sy teenwoordigheid deurbring, hoe meer verlang ek na Hom, want ek besef dat, alhoewel ek sommige dinge op my eie kan doen, ek nooit kan doen wat God vir my bedoel of beplan het nie. Immers, volgens Dawid, die Psalmis, is dit God wat my lig (lamp of kers) aansteek. Dit is die Here wat lig in die duisternis bring.
Vandag roep die Here ons: “Staan op, word verlig; want jou lig kom, en die heerlikheid van die HERE gaan oor jou op. Want kyk, die duisternis sal die aarde oordek en die donkerte die volke; maar die HERE sal oor jou opgaan, en sy heerlikheid sal oor jou gesien word. En die heidene sal na jou lig kom en konings na die stralende glans van jou opgang.” (Jesaja 60:1-3)
As ek rondom my kyk, sien ek dat die duisternis die aarde oordek het en die donkerte die volke. Laat ons daarom opstaan en die lig in ons toelaat om deur ons te skyn, sodat die heidene na Jesus Christus kan kom.
Laat ons gaan en die wêreld verlig!
“God is lig,” sê 1 Johannes 1:5. Lig is ‘n algemene metafoor in die Bybel. Spreuke 4:18 simboliseer geregtigheid as die “oggendson”. Filippense 2:15 vergelyk God se kinders wat “onberispelik en rein” is met blink sterre in die lug. Jesus het lig as ‘n beeld van goeie werke gebruik: “Laat julle lig voor die mense skyn, sodat hulle julle goeie dade kan sien” (Matteus 5:16). Psalm 76:4 sê van God: “Julle straal van lig.”
Die feit dat God lig is, skep ‘n natuurlike kontras met duisternis. As lig ‘n metafoor vir geregtigheid en goedheid is, dan dui duisternis op boosheid en sonde. 1 Johannes 1:6 sê dat “as ons beweer dat ons gemeenskap met Hom het en tog in die duisternis wandel, lieg ons en leef ons nie volgens die waarheid nie.” Vers 5 sê: “God is lig; in Hom is daar glad geen duisternis nie.” Let daarop dat ons nie vertel word dat God ‘n lig is nie, maar dat Hy lig is. Lig is deel van Sy wese, net soos liefde (1 Johannes 4:8). Die boodskap is dat God volkome, onvoorwaardelik, absoluut heilig is, sonder enige byvoeging van sonde, geen smet van ongeregtigheid en geen sweempie van onreg nie.
As ons nie die lig het nie, ken ons God nie. Diegene wat God ken, wat met Hom wandel, is van die lig en wandel in die lig. Hulle word deelgenote van God se goddelike natuur, “nadat hulle die verdorwenheid van die wêreld wat deur slegte begeertes veroorsaak word, ontvlug het” (2 Petrus 1:4).
God is lig, en so ook Sy Seun. Jesus het gesê: “Ek is die lig van die wêreld. Wie My volg, sal nooit in die duisternis wandel nie, maar sal die lig van die lewe hê” (Johannes 8:12). Om te “wandel” is om vooruitgang te maak. Daarom kan ons uit hierdie vers aflei dat Christene bedoel is om in heiligheid te groei en in geloof te volwasse terwyl hulle Jesus volg (sien 2 Petrus 3:18).
God is lig, en dit is Sy plan dat gelowiges Sy lig laat skyn en elke dag meer soos Christus word. “Julle is almal kinders van die lig en kinders van die dag. Ons behoort nie aan die nag of die duisternis nie” (1 Tessalonisense 5:5). God is die Skepper van fisiese lig sowel as die Gewer van geestelike lig waardeur ons die waarheid kan sien. Lig ontbloot dit wat in die duisternis verborge is; dit wys dinge soos hulle werklik is. Om in die lig te wandel, beteken om God te ken, die waarheid te verstaan en in geregtigheid te lewe.
Gelowiges in Christus moet enige duisternis binne hulleself bely – hulle sondes en oortredings – en toelaat dat God Sy lig deur hulle laat skyn.
Christene kan nie ledig sit en kyk hoe ander in die duisternis van sonde voortgaan nie, wetende dat diegene in duisternis bestem is vir ewige skeiding van God. Die Lig van die Wêreld begeer om die duisternis te verban en Sy wysheid oral te skenk (Jesaja 9:2; Habakuk 2:14; Johannes 1:9). Wanneer ons die lig van die evangelie na die wêreld neem, moet ons noodwendig dinge oor mense openbaar wat hulle liewer verborge wil hou. Lig is ongemaklik vir diegene wat gewoond is aan die donker (Johannes 3:20).
Jesus, die sondelose Seun van God, is die “ware lig” (Johannes 1:9). As aangenome seuns van God moet ons Sy lig weerkaats in ‘n wêreld wat deur sonde verduister is. Ons doel om aan die ongereddes te getuig, is “om hulle oë oop te maak en hulle van die duisternis tot die lig te bekeer en van die mag van die Satan tot God” (Handelinge 26:18).
“Ek is die Lig van die wêreld” (Johannes 8:12) is die tweede van sewe “EK IS”-verklarings van Jesus, slegs opgeteken in Johannes se evangelie, wat wys na Sy unieke goddelike identiteit en doel. Deur Homself as die Lig van die wêreld te verklaar, het Jesus beweer dat Hy die uitsluitlike bron van geestelike lig is. Geen ander bron van geestelike waarheid is beskikbaar vir die mensdom nie.
Daar is twee tipes lig in die wêreld. Ons kan een, of albei, of geeneen waarneem nie! Wanneer ons in hierdie wêreld gebore word, neem ons fisiese lig waar, en daardeur leer ons van ons Skepper se handewerk in die dinge wat ons sien. Alhoewel daardie lig goed is, is daar ‘n ander Lig, ‘n Lig so belangrik dat die Seun van God moes kom om dit beide te verklaar en aan die mens oor te dra. Johannes 8:12 skryf: “Toe Jesus weer met die mense praat, sê Hy: ‘Ek is die Lig van die wêreld. Wie My volg, sal nooit in die duisternis wandel nie, maar sal die lig van die lewe hê.’” Die metafoor wat die Here in hierdie vers gebruik, spreek van die lig van Sy Waarheid, die lig van Sy Woord, die lig van die ewige Lewe. Diegene wat die ware Lig waarneem, sal nooit in geestelike duisternis wandel nie.
Ons neem ‘n kers in ‘n kamer in om die duisternis te verdryf. Net so moet die Lig van Jesus Christus in die duisternis van sonde geneem word wat die harte en lewens van diegene wat Hom nie volg nie, oorweldig. Dit is die voorwaarde om hierdie Lig te hê – dat ons Hom volg. As ons Hom nie volg nie, sal ons nie hierdie lig, hierdie waarheid, hierdie ewige lewe hê nie.
Fisiese lig is nodig vir fisiese lewe. Die aarde sou beslis baie vinnig verander as daar nie meer sonlig was nie. ‘n Woud vol bome met baie dik blaredakke hoog bo het baie min plantegroei op die grond, behalwe vir mos of korsmos, wat min sonlig nodig het. Plante sal nooit van die lig af wegbeweeg nie—daar word gesê dat hulle positief fototropies is, aangetrokke tot die lig. Op dieselfde manier is geestelike lig nodig vir geestelike lewe, en dit kan ‘n goeie toets wees van ons status in Christus. Die gelowige sal altyd na geestelike dinge neig; hy sal altyd na gemeenskap, gebed, die Woord van God, ensovoorts neig. Die ongelowige doen altyd die teenoorgestelde (Johannes 1:5; 3:19–20) want lig ontbloot sy boosheid, en hy haat die lig. Inderdaad, geen mens kan in die ware geestelike lig van Jesus Christus kom nie, tensy hy bemagtig is (Johannes 6:37).
Om Jesus te volg is die voorwaarde van twee beloftes in Johannes 8:12. Eerstens, Sy volgelinge sal nooit in duisternis wandel nie, wat ‘n verwysing is na die versekering van verlossing wat ons geniet. As ware volgelinge van die Lig, sal ons nooit die weë van sonde volg nie, nooit in ‘n toestand van voortdurende sonde leef nie (1 Johannes 1:5–7). Inteendeel, ons bekeer ons van ons sonde om naby die Lig van die wêreld te bly. Die tweede belofte is dat ons die Lig van die Lewe sal weerkaats. Net soos Hy as die Lig van die wêreld gekom het, beveel Hy ons om ook “ligte” te wees. In Matteus 5:14–16 sien ons gelowiges uitgebeeld as die lig van die wêreld. Net soos die maan geen eie lig het wat die lig van die son weerkaats nie, so moet gelowiges die Lig van Christus weerkaats sodat almal dit in ons kan sien. Die Lig is duidelik vir ander deur die goeie dade wat ons in geloof en deur die krag van die Heilige Gees doen.
Die klem hier is om ‘n geloofwaardige en duidelike getuienis in die wêreld te handhaaf, ‘n getuienis wat wys dat ons getrou, God-eerend, betroubaar, opreg, ernstig en eerlik is in alles wat ons doen. Ons moet ook altyd gereed wees om rekenskap te gee van die hoop wat ons het (1 Petrus 3:15), want die evangeliese Lig wat ons het, moet nie bedek word nie, maar duidelik gemaak word vir almal om te sien en daarby baat te vind, sodat hulle ook die duisternis kan verlaat en in die Lig kan kom.
Bible Verse and Prayer for Today;
2 Corinthians 1:3-4, , “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God”.
This verse highlights that God provides comfort in times of suffering, which in turn enables believers to offer comfort to others.
Prayer
Lord , Thank you for Your Comforter You have sent to take the place of Jesus on this Earth. The Holy Spirit is the Only Comforter that can Heal our Hearts if we allow Him to enter . Help us Lord that we can open up for the Comforting Spirit to enter our Broken Hearts and Heal. we Pray in Jesus name . Amen and Amen
Bybel Vers en Gebed vir Vandag
2 Korintiërs 1:3-4, “Geseënd is die God en Vader van onse Here Jesus Christus, die Vader van ontferminge en die God van alle vertroosting, wat ons in al ons verdrukking troos, sodat ons die wat in allerhande verdrukking is, kan troos met die vertroosting waarmee ons self deur God getroos word.”
Hierdie vers beklemtoon dat God vertroosting bied in tye van lyding, wat gelowiges weer in staat stel om vertroosting aan ander te bied.
Gebed
Here, dankie vir u Trooster wat U gestuur het om die plek van Jesus op hierdie aarde in te neem. Die Heilige Gees is die enigste Trooster wat ons harte kan genees as ons Hom toelaat om in te kom. Help ons, Here, dat ons kan oopmaak vir die vertroostende Gees om ons gebroke harte binne te kom en te genees. Ons bid in Jesus se naam. Amen en Amen.
NOTE : There will be No Teaching and Devotion today for I would Like to high Light the opening Teaching and Warning . PLEASE read it Again !
LET WEL: Daar sal vandag geen Onderrig en Toewyding wees nie, want ek wil graag die openingsonderrig en waarskuwing beklemtoon. Lees dit asseblief weer!
The Collectors of Manna – Women of the Word // Gaarders van Manna – Vroue van die woord
Dilize Light has Managed a TruLight Ladies Group on Telegram for the Past 6 Years and from Today . she will be Sharing her Manna with the Ladies in The TruLight Daily Manna Platform . Dilize is the only Daughter of Pastor Dirk and has been part of the Ministry since the age of 11 . Dilize is also the Radio Host for the Popular TruLight Top 10 that airs on TruLight Radio XM saturdays at 17h00′
Dilize Light bestuur die afgelope 6 jaar ‘n TruLight Damesgroep op Telegram en van vandag af sal sy haar Manna met die Dames deel op die TruLight Daaglikse Manna-platform. Dilize is die enigste dogter van Pastoor Dirk en is deel van die bediening sedert die ouderdom van 11. Dilize is ook die radio-aanbieder vir die gewilde TruLight Top 10 wat Saterdae om 17:00 op TruLight Radio XM uitgesaai word.
Beskerm Jou Handelsmerk:
Ń populêre kleinhandelaar wat klere verkoop, vereis van sy personeel dat hulle soos die modelle in die vensters moet aantrek, om sodoende sy klere te adverteer. Hierdie optrede word guarding your brand genoem. Die idee is dat die kopers veel makliker die klere sal koop, omdat hulle graag wil lyk soos die persone wat dit aanhet.
In ń verbruiker-georiënteerde samelewing, is dit maklik om te dink dat ons aanvaarding kan koop deur klere te dra soos die wat aantreklike persone aanhet. Kleinhandelaars wil graag hê die publiek moet glo dat as ons goed lyk, sal dit ons vir ander mense aantreklik maak.
Somtyds maak ons onsself wys dat ons volgelinge vir Jesus kan wen, deur onsself vir die wêreld aantreklik te maak. Maar die Bybel sê uitdruklik wat vir God belangrik is. Hy wil hê dat ons, wat ons karakter aanbetref, soos Jesus moet wees. In ń sekere sin is Jesus ons handelsmerk, want ons word gaandeweg omvorm om soos Hy te wees ( Rom 8:29 ). Ons trek ander na Jesus wanneer ons sy karaktertrekke openbaar soos om nederig sagmoedig en verdraagsaam ( Kol 3:12 ) te wees, en veel meer nog om liefde ( vs 14 ) te betoon en om ander lief te hê.
In plaas van om uiterlike te politeer en gedurig ons eie beeld voor te hou, laat ons liewer die beeld van God reflekteer, die beeld wat God deur Christus, in ons bewerk.
Een van die Gees se take is om die beeld van Christus in ons te vorm.
Protect Your Brand:
A popular clothing retailer requires its employees to dress like the models in their windows to advertise its clothing. This practice is called guarding your brand. The idea is that shoppers will be more likely to buy the clothing because they want to look like the people wearing it.
In a consumer-oriented society, it is easy to think that we can buy acceptance by wearing clothes that are similar to those worn by attractive people. Retailers want the public to believe that if we look good, it will make us attractive to other people.
Sometimes we try to convince ourselves that we can win followers for Jesus by making ourselves attractive to the world. But the Bible is clear about what is important to God. He wants us to be like Jesus in character. In a sense, Jesus is our brand, for we are gradually being transformed into like Him ( Romans 8:29 ). We draw others to Jesus when we display his character traits such as being humble, gentle, and patient ( Col 3:12 ), and even more so by showing love ( vs 14 ) and loving others.
Instead of politicizing outward appearances and constantly presenting our own image, let us rather reflect the image of God, the image that God, through Christ, creates in us.
One of the Spirit’s tasks is to form the image of Christ in us.
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A young slave girl, Anna, is rescued and adopted by Christians in the 2nd century Smyrna and befriended by their aged bishop, Polycarp. As Anna is taught by Polycarp and her new family, she struggles to reconcile her beliefs with those of the Christians. When the Roman proconsul demands that all citizens worship Caesar to show their allegiance to Rome, Polycarp and the Christians must find the courage to stand for their faith against the growing threat of persecution. Anna is forced to come to grips with the truth and choose whom she is willing to live – and die – for.
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