Let There Be Light

Perhaps it is time to go over some fundamen-tals.

“In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.”

What you have just read are the first fifty words of the Bible. Can anyone doubt that those first fifty words were carefully chosen? I am confident that they were, for I believe they convey to us an extremely vital piece of information--that above all else, God intended for man to live in light, not in darkness.

If we go on further in the Bible to John 1: 1-5, we find these additional passages regarding light.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.”

Continuing yet further to John 3: 16-20, we find still more information on the subject of light.

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.”

So here we are. The year is now 2010, and more than ever before we are being told by influential men and women in high places that they can save the world. But there is one particularly disturbing and frightening aspect to their methods. They are not forthright with the people. They withhold and conceal truth; they love darkness rather than light.

My friends, that is a very revealing clue if you wish to know whether the high and the mighty of this world are truly working in the best interest of everyone on the planet.

Isaiah wrote: “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness.” (Isaiah 5: 20)

Are we not subjected every day to that kind of spin on reality? Are we not told incessantly that those who hold conservative views are backward and bad, while those who hold liberal views are enlightened and good?

Friends, we are being plunged deeper and deeper into a state of darkness by those who are attempting to seduce us into believing that they can save the world. But have you ever asked yourself why, if their motives are purely unselfish and noble, they have found it necessary to shun truth and shut out light? Could it be, perchance, because their intentions are not purely unselfish and noble; and that they do not want their evil intentions to come to light, lest their deeds should be reproved?

Jesus said: “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” (John 8: 12)

If you believe the Bible, as I do, then it is clear to you that God gave us light, both physical and spiritual. He lovingly gave us those gifts so we could see our way and avoid snares and pitfalls.

A choice is before us. Shall we follow Jesus Christ, whose life is the light of men, or shall we follow those in high places who hate the light and work assiduously to keep us in the dark?

I say, as God did: “Let there be light.”