Let There Be Light

     In the beginning God brought light into our world. Genesis 1:3,4 "And God said, "Let there be light," ⁴And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness." Again God said, "Let there be light" and sent his only begotten son Jesus Christ into our world. This time the world was not in a literal darkness but a spiritual one. Through Jesus Christ, God again separated the light from the darkness and he saw it was good.
     I saw a similarity between the light at the beginning of creation and when Jesus Christ brought light into our world, both times the world was in darkness. There was a separation between light and darkness in a literal sense at the beginning and also in a spiritual way, when Jesus Christ was upon the Earth. God never wanted us to live in complete darkness. Genesis 1:16 "And God made the two great lights--the greater light to rule the day and the lesser light to rule the night-- and the stars." As you can see God made the light to rule over the darkness and not the darkness ruling over the light.
     John 8:12 "Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." God's light came into our world through Jesus Christ and the light of Jesus conquered over the darkness. From him God's light expanded and spread throughout our world. It would have been a beautiful thing if all the people upon our world would have embraced the light of our Lord but they did not. Many people became to accustomed to living within the dark to let it go. Some may even partially agreed with Jesus and partially agreed with world but they did not let go of the darkness that God was trying to get rid of. God is telling us through Jesus Christ, now is the time for change. We can keep the darkness and perish with it or embrace the light and live.
     Genesis 19:14 "so Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, "Up! Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city." But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be jesting." Many people are not grasping the importance of Jesus Christ message of salvation. They are not seeing the change that God is bring upon this world. They are like Lot's son-in-laws and thinking it is all just a joke, something that should not be taken seriously.
     God has a plan for us. Colossians 1:13 "He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son," God is bring his people out of the darkness to be his chosen people. 1 Peter 2:9 "But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light." This is no joke, the spiritual darkness within our world is coming to an end by being replaced by the spiritual light of God. We have to make a decision whether or not to hold on to the spiritual darkness within the world or to stand completely in the spiritual light of God.
     So God said, "Let there be light." and so shall it be.