Title: Genesis 1:4 / dividing light from darkness
Contents
Title: Exposition of Genesis 1:4
“And God saw that the light was good, and God divided the light from the darkness” (Genesis 1:4).
2) Sharing light from darkness verse 4
"The light was good in God's sight, and God separated the light from the darkness."
【content summary】
It is said that the work of light, which pierces the darkness and shines on the earth to energize life, was good in his eyes, and that God separated the work of light from the work of darkness.
(1) "The light was good in God's sight"
"That light" means [ ](light){Male}{Dan}[name] light, ray, sun, dawn. is the light that
Also, the light refers to the dynamism of common life under common grace, and works as the light of eternal life under special grace.
"Saw" means to discover, to look rather than [ ] (And-saw). The word "it was good in God's sight" refers to the work of light under common grace, and this life of light is pleasing to God. that you are doing
"It was good" is [ ](it was good)[hyung] fat, happy, prosperous, coveted, precious, exhilarating, precious, gracious, beautiful, victorious, good, pure, good, peaceful, beautiful, auspicious , good-natured, good-looking, faithful, generous, respectful, blessed, and good. The word “good in God’s sight” means that He sees the growth of ordinary life through this work of light and loves it.
However, what God likes more than this is that the light of truth and life in special grace shines in the hearts of God's children and bears spiritual fruit, and today, the work of the truth and life more likes to bear the fruit of light.
(2) "God divided the light from the darkness"
"Darkness" means [ ](the darkness){Male}{Dan}[N] darkness, darkness, darkness, gloom, darkness, and refers to the history of darkness.
"Divided" means [ ](and divided)[ta] to separate, to divide, to depart, and it reveals the historical fact that God has divided light and darkness. It symbolizes the children of God who possess
Darkness is a symbol of the fallen, who have lost common grace, and has made an eternal distinction between the two. Also, in the process of faith growth, those who possess the light of truth and life are called children of light, and on the contrary, those who do not have the work of truth in their hearts are divided into children who are caught by the power of darkness.
Those who are in the light of the truth and life live in the light, but the children of darkness are divided so that they live in darkness. Those who are of darkness put their works before the grace of Christ, and those who believe under the law are of darkness (Acts 15:1).