1
John 2:7-17 Brethren, I write no new
commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning.
The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. (8)
Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him
and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. (9) He
that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even
until now. (10) He that loveth his brother abideth in the
light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. (11)
But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness,
and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his
eyes. (12) I write unto you, little children, because
your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
(13) I write unto you, fathers,
because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you,
young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little
children, because ye have known the Father.
(14) I have written unto you,
fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have
written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth
in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
(15) Love not the world, neither
the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of
the Father is not in him. (16) For all that is in the world, the lust
of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the
Father, but is of the world. (17) And the world passeth away, and the lust
thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
We as
Christians “must” know “The True Light” as this “light” is the
basis of our Faith. Jesus tells us who
He is:
John
8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them,
saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in
darkness, but shall have the light of life.
John The Revelator refers to Jesus as The “light.” Within these verses, we are given the
contrast between “light” and “darkness.” (“[D]arkness” is defined
as being in the “world” and without The Salvation that God offers through The
Blood of His Son Jesus.)
Ephesians
6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh
and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of
the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
If a
person “hateth his brother” and he says he is in the “light,” he “is in
darkness even until now.” (A “brother” is anyone
who claims Jesus The Christ as his personal Saviour, not a non-Christian.) (In
“the light” is accepting Jesus The Christ, (in sincere belief,)
as our personal Redeemer and Saviour.) If
we have hate within our heart for anyone, we are not “in
the light.”
John 3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting
life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of
God abideth on him.
“Reader,
if you have never accepted Jesus The Christ as your Personal Redeemer, you are
in “darkness.” John tells
us that in “darkness” we have no direction because the “darkness
hath blinded his [our] eyes.”
If we
“love the world,” John tells us that we are “not
of the Father,” (our God in Heaven.) We are still of our “father
the devil.”
John
8:44 Ye are of your father the
devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the
beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When
he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of
it.
Yet, we
that are of The Father in Heaven will do “the will of God” and will “abideth
for ever.”
Today
is the day to accept Jesus as your Lord, Saviour, and Redeemer. The old saying, “Tomorrow Never Comes” is
true as “tomorrow” becomes “today.”
Do
it, accept Jesus before it is eternally too late.
Bro John R. E Chastain
Retired Pastor
fundamentalthoughts-preacher.blogspot.com Fundamental
Thoughts
