Light (Genesis #2) - Bible Baptist Church

Text: Genesis 1:2-5

God’s desire is illumination (vs 3)

1 John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
Romans 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
1 John 1:5-7 – walk in light is allowing his word (vs 10) to find sin in these verses.
- Jesus said men love darkness because their deeds are evil.
His scriptures are light – Psalm 119:105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
The Savior is light
- John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world…
- Revelation 21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
His Saints are light
- Man in his natural state is darkness, but transformed by the Lord Jesus Christ who is Light, that man becomes light.
- Matthew 5:14 Ye are the light of the world…
- 1 Peter 2:9 …that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light

God calls the light good, but does not call the darkness good. And thus is introduced one of the great themes of the Bible – light in contrast to darkness.
- Light has a way of dissolving fear. (My dream as a kid of the monster in the room and woke up to shadows on the wall. Found out it was a tree.)
- Light makes the path plain, darkness there is stumbling at the unknown. Wicked love darkness and know not at what they stumble.
Light is good
- Physical sight and vision are the most obvious..
- Light is also understanding and knowledge. (Have you ever understood something and said, “Oh, I see.” Your parents probably used the phrase “it dawned on me.” Dawn means light is springing up.)
Walk in the light
- 2 Corinthians 4:4-6 – light of the glorious gospel
- Ephesians 5:8, 10-14 – children of light, reprove works done in darkness

From here on, every creature and every human being will understand that Day is defined as a time when light rules and Night is defined as a time when darkness rules.
1 Thessalonians 5:5-9