CHILDREN
OF LIGHT OR DARKNESS?
Memorise
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.
1 John 2:15
Read
1 Thessalonians 5:4-10
4 But ye,
brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
5 Ye are all
the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night,
nor of darkness.
6 Therefore
let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they
that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the
night.
8 But let us,
who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and
for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
9 For God
hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus
Christ,
10 Who died
for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Message
It is unfortunate to observe that sobriety is no
longer a common feature in the lives of many twenty-first century believers.
Instead, the characteristics of the night or darkness are the common trademarks
of many so-called Christians. Apostle Paul in 1 Thessalonians 5:6 does not only
admonish us to be sober-minded, he also warns us to beware of the sleep of
death. We should not engage in spiritual slumbering, so that the coming of the
Day of the Lord may not catch us unawares. We should not engage in the works of
darkness as he enjoined us in Ephesians 5:4-5:
“Neither
filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but
rather giving of thanks. For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean
person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the
kingdom of Christ and of God.”
Why do we have thieves in the Church today? Why are
harlots singing in the Choir? Why are extra-marital wanderings common among
both the laity and the clergy? The answer is not far-fetched: children of light
are becoming children of darkness. Also, children of darkness are disguising as
children of light. Furthermore, the children of light are making the spiritual
environment (the Church) too comfortable for evil doers. The love towards the
ungodly that they may be saved has been over-stretched to the point of deadly
compromise. Sobriety is no longer popular. If you live soberly nowadays, you
belong to the “old school”. You are looked upon as an idiot if you refuse to be
fraudulent to get rich. Worse still, when you cannot dole money out like those
who are fraudulent, you are inconsequential. How can we get out of our
spiritual black-out? The answer is simple; the Bibles says,
“Be
not ye therefore partakers with them. For ye were sometimes darkness, but now
are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:”
Ephesians 5:7-8
The Bible also says that the night is far spent and
the day is at hand. As a matter of fact, the Day of the Lord is at hand. So let
us walk like children of light (Romans 13:12-14). May the second coming of the
Lord not catch you unawares in Jesus’ Name.
Prayer
Point
Father, please give me the spirit of vigilance so
that the coming of the Lord may not catch me unawares.
BIBLE
IN ONE YEAR
1 Samuel 3-5;
Proverbs 3:13-27
Father,please give me the spirits of vigilance.so that the coming of the Lord may not catch me unawares.
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