Light in Christ

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Read Eph. 5:8-17.

Lord Tennyson was one day walking with a group of friends, when one of them asked him, 'What is Christ to you?'  Pointing to a clump of violets by the side of the path he gave instant testimony by saying, 'What the Sun is to those violets, Jesus Christ is to my life.'

The natural man and light. Eph. 5:8.

The natural man is in darkness.

w   Col 1:13: the dominion of darkness where Satan rules.

w   John 3:19:  men love darkness.

w   John 8:12: the unbeliever is in darkness.

w   John 12:46: the unbeliever abides in darkness.

The believer and light. Eph. 5:8-11.

ƒ    The source, Eph. 5:8.  "Light in the Lord."  Christ is the source and we have access by union with Him.

'Ye in me" must always preceed 'I in you'.  'Ye in me' signifies position, while 'I in you' denotes possession.  We cannot have possession until we have position. 1Jn 1:5-6.

ƒ    The result of walking in Light.

    1.  Fruit, Eph. 5:9.

    2.  Fellowship, 1 John 1:7.

    3.  Forgiveness, 1 John 1:7.

ƒ    The place of the cross.

w   Union with Christ demands a working of the cross in our lives (Eph. 5:8). 

w   It takes a continual working of the cross (Eph. 5:11).  One of the most deplorable things today is to see Christians having fellowship in the works of darkness.

w   Christ was victorious over the powers of darkness (Col 2:15)

w   The walk of light is a constant warfare (Rom. 12:13; Eph. 6:12).

Conclusion ... Eph. 5:14-17.

Light in Christ is for a purpose: to be given out.  (2 Cor 4:4-6)

We are the connecting link for the message of light from the King of Kings.