Are You A Light?

"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God."
~Revelation 2:7

Lately, I have been struck by how much of the the Bible is directed at Christians and the churches. While the Bible is generally thought of as the book that tells you what you've done wrong, it addresses God's people more than it does sinners. That sounds strange because we think of the Bible telling us to repent, to become Christians, to stop sinning, and follow God. While that is true, God does tell us those things, a great portion of what is said is actually directed at those who have already proclaimed themselves to be Christ's followers. Even Christ Himself begins by admonishing the churches in the Book of Revelation.

In the New Testament, we read Paul's letters to the churches at Rome, Corinth, the province of Galatia, (which was the North Central area of Asia Minor), Ephesus, Philippi, Colosse, Thessalonica, and many others. The lack of love for one another, the immorality and sin that continued among the church members ran rampant, and Paul spent much of his time trying to impress upon the churches the importance of godliness in both word and deed.
"Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her,  that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word,  so that He might present the church to Himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish (Ephesians 5:25-27)."

We are the Church that is to be presented to God without spot or wrinkles. The words Paul wrote so long ago addresses Christians today and how we are to act. As followers of Christ, we are to be His light for others to see, and an example of the love of God for others to follow.

"If we say we have fellowship with Him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth (1 John 1:6)."

Let us all be doers of the word and not just hearers (James 1:22) so that we will be the light on the hill that others follow to Jesus (Matthew 5:14).

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Job 35-37

A Year of Blessings by Marie McGaha
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