Light And Darkness

[nancyshanice]

The evening was darkness and the morning was light, and yet the two together are called by the name that is given to the light alone! This has an exact analogy to our spiritual walk.

In every believer there’s darkness and light, and yet he’s not called a sinner because there’s sin in him, but he’s called a saint because he possesses some degree of holiness.

This is a most comforting thought to those who ask,

“Can I be a child of God while there’s so much darkness in me?”

Yes because you, like the day, don’t take your name from the evening, but from the morning. And you’re spoken of in the word of God as if you were even now perfectly holy as you will be soon.

Notice that the evening comes first. We’re in darkness first, and the depth of our sin causes us to cry out,

“God be merciful to me, a sinner.”

Then comes morning, it dawns when grace overcomes our sinful nature. So even though you are naturally darkness, when you become light in the Lord, there is no evening to follow the sun will never set again.

The first day in this life is an evening and a morning; but the second day, when we shall be with God, will be a day with no evening, but one, sacred, high, eternal noon.

[luicer]

I have discovered that dark is more tightly packed than light. Darkness is present in the absence of light, but you cannot strictly absent darkness, it is simply the non-existence of light and not something equally tangible that can be taken away. Dark has considerable effects on many things, including humans and other wild animals. Humans tend to have sex mostly in the dark, as well as commit crimes, get drunk, and engage in barber shop singing. This could possibly be the origin of the term 'to be left in the dark' but why it is now held as a rather negative term is beyond me. When looking at the many applications of light that are in current use, even though it is severely limited with its single speed and such, it can be seen that the number of applications of dark, with no such limitations, is nothing short of enormous!

[Gladys]

There's no day when darkness will meet with light means all things that belongs to the dark are done during the night hours and those which belongs to the light are done during the day hours. That is why the Bible tells us that those who walk in the light belongs to God because He is the light and those who walk in darkness knows where they belong.

[205victor]

The biblical meaning of light is living a life without sin while darkness is the opposite. In Matthew 16, we learn that the eye is the light of the body and that for us to live a life full of light, we should have a health eye.

In essence, for us to live a sinless life, we should close our eyes to all that will lead us to darkness.

[lynkez]

God separated light from darkness, called light day and darkness night. He simply meant that the two cannot take dominion at once. Light here depicts the right way while darkness means otherwise for literally, when it is dark you cannot see clearly and may fear walking in it unlike in light where everything is visible. Truth is a sign of light while lies are of darkness.

When we are called children of the light it means our ways are upright and godly. We'd rather lose the world and its treasures but walk in the light towards eternity rather than inherit it and perish.

[Joshua]

The light overpowers darkness. This reminds me that the truth eventually wins and it is the one that sets people free. The darkness represents sins while light represents what is righteous.

John 1:5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.

[luicer]

There is no way darkness can overpower light. During God's creation, He let light come to the world since He was the source of light. Darkness is thought to be Satan's ; God is above Satan and always He will be!

[Ivyc]

Light does not necessarily mean the light of the day but the light of our hearts, our deeds, what the rest of the world learns from us. Christians are referred to us the light of the world. Light and darkness have nothing in common because those who love darkness do not recognize God as their savior. We therefore should walk in light always so as to inherit God’s kingdom.