God is Light

GOD IS LIGHT
TEXT: Gen. 1:1-4,14-18; 1 Jn. 1:5-7

SUMMARY: The end of one year and the beginning of another is not a meaningless division of time; it reminds us of a God who is light, and who shines his light upon man and through man in order to divide the light from the darkness.

I. GOD IS THE SOURCE OF LIGHT.
A. Light in the Natural Darkness.
B. Light in the Spiritual Darkness.

II GOD SHINES HIS LIGHT UPON MAN.
A. Satan blinds.

1. Satan, the mastermind (2 Cor. 4:3-4).
2. Satan’s minions (2 Cor. 11:13-15).
3. The great cosmic battle (Eph. 6:12).

B. God enlightens. Examples:

1. The plague of darkness in Egypt (Ex. 10:23).
2. The pillar of fire in the wilderness (Ex. 13:21, etc.).
3. The golden lampstand (Ex. 25:37, etc.).
4. Miscellaneous references.

III. GOD SHINES HIS LIGHT THROUGH MAN.
A. Within Man.
B Among Men.