Title: Ye Are Light (Ephesians 5:8-14)
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Ye are the light (Ephesians 5:8-14)
You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light.
The fruit of the light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth.
Try what pleases the Lord
Do not partake of the fruitless works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
The things they do in secret are shameful to speak of.
But all things that are reproved are made manifest by light, and everything that appears is light.
Therefore he said, Awake, you who sleep, and rise from the dead, for Christ
He said it would shine.
March, when I cried that I didn't want the winter of 200 years to go, and wanted to continue the winter is gone, now it's April
The first day of the day was celebrated as a Sunday. The world is going to do many deceptive things because today is April Fool's Day
However, we want to start this day by blessing ourselves, our neighbors and our neighbors. especially
Start April by blessing the person sitting next to you with a blessing.
Sometimes there are difficulties and pain in front of you, but your soul, your soul, who boldly looks to the Lord, we
Praise God, who will be greatly glorified through your soul, oh hallelujah
You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's own people, your soul, our
How lovely to see you Praise God who will be greatly glorified through your soul oh hallelujah
At the beginning of Ephesians 4, Paul describes the six principles of the life of saved Christians.
First, we must live together. Second, we must live holy. Third, we must live in love.
All. Fourth, we must live in the light. Fifth, live in the Spirit.
is to put on full armor and live victoriously.
In the last month of March, through Ephesians 5:1-7, we read the third principle of the Christian life, "
I received grace and challenged through the words, “Walk in love.” From today, through 5:8-14
As the fourth principle, we want to receive grace by examining “living in the light”.
First of all, I believe that those of us who came out this morning are the ones God or the Lord has given us
I want you to know your identity right away and live with confidence. The Bible tells us that in the past and originally
They are children of darkness, but now they declare that they are children of light through Jesus Christ.
have. Let's read verse 8 together. You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.
Act like girls. What should be important here is not to 'become a light' to us.
is true We are already a light in Jesus Christ. This is our identity.
Gentlemen, humans have two contrasting business cards. It is darkness and light. this world
This is the spiritual battlefield between the two. Augustine saw this and wrote his book "The New Kingdom" - another translation.
Roh reveals this fact through "the city of God" - the descendants of Cain, the kingdom of Cain and the descendants of Abel, the descendants of Abel.
It proves that history continues with the battle of the country.
The world we live in prefers darkness. is in the dark Anyone here
Isn't it? I think you will remember, but 10 years seems to be enough
The novel has been noisy in the bookstore for a while. A movie was made based on the contents of the book
As soon as the book came out, people took it very seriously. Because tales of prostitutes and fallen men
It is the story of others, but in fact, the stories in them are their own stories,
I read it all night because it was the story of my own children, and I even had a long line in front of the movie theater.
will be.
But the Bible declares to us, "You are not children of darkness, but children of light." "You
It used to be darkness, but now it is light in the Lord." Hallelujah!
I was so moved by this fact as I stayed up all night preparing for the sermon that I am a light. I
it's never dark Hallelujah.
How have we changed from children of darkness to children of light? It is because of Jesus. Lord
Said, "I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but life.
You will have the light of the world.” That is, Jesus is the light of the world, and the light of faith following the Lord is the light.
The light of life has been given to people. That is why the faith of following the Lord, the light of the world,
He declared to the people, "You are the light of the world." Because of our relationship with Jesus
It has become the light of the world. In Jesus there is life, in Jesus there is love, in Jesus
Because there is light inside. The life of Jesus, the love of Jesus, and the light of Jesus are in my soul.
Because of the jade, the darkness within me has gone away.
In Genesis 1, in the beginning God said, Let there be light, and there was light. This light is hidden in Jesus
it's a hell of a light Also, in John 1:4, it says, "In him was life, and the life was the light of men."
spending comes out
In other words, the life of Jesus is the light. So the people who met Jesus and those who received Jesus
will enter this life of God. Life begins to overflow over the soul. light of life
When it shines on the soul like this sun, the shadow becomes the sun. It's damp, bears are blooming, and insects are swarming
The warm sun begins to shine on the street.
Paul testified of this in the light of his own experience: “If our gospel had been obscured,
veiled from those who believe in them, among whom the god of this world blinds the minds of those who do not believe.
so that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ may not shine, because Christ is the image of God.
...the God who said that out of darkness light will shine, there is one in the face of Jesus Christ.
The light of the knowledge of your glory has shone into our hearts."
Assaulter, persecutor, and abuser
The way I was able to witness the glorious gospel of the Lord and to live joyfully and praising
May God shine upon him and his heart the light of glory in the face of Jesus Christ.
You are shouting because you
Are you children of light? Do you have the conviction that you are a child of light? never be the light, the light
This isn't going to happen. We must be convinced that we are the light. Say hello to the person next to you
character. "You are the light" I hope you live with this conviction.
However, people who have not met Jesus, even if they come to church, cannot meet Jesus.
As Ephesians 4:17-18 says, a person's heart becomes empty, their understanding is darkened, and their heart and mind are hardened.
They have become ignorant and ignorant, and are separated from the life of God. This is the same thing in Romans 1:21.
“They knew God, but neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks,
The heart becomes empty... the glory of the incorruptible God, the image of the corruptible man, the golden beast, and the garbage
turned into an idol of
Ladies and gentlemen, since these people are separated from the life of God, their souls will experience exhaustion of life
will appear No matter how delicious food you eat, no matter how nice clothes you wear,
Even if they live, their souls are tired, exhausted, and wandering, like a life exhausted, like a grain of sand in the desert.
be hungry There's a black hole in my soul that I wander around and immerse myself in, but never fill.
Come on, torment and wander This is the mental situation of a person without Jesus.
Gentlemen, the problem with suffering for humans is not simply that we live in a dark world.
There is no light that should be in it. God has given light in man. God is human
He breathed his Spirit into it when he made it. There was light in the human soul. But
Sin drove out the light. This just means we are in a dark world.
No, there is darkness in us, in our being and in our constitution.
These people are destined to hate light. John 3:19 says, "Light has come into the world, but men
He loved darkness rather than light, because his deeds were evil."
So some people draw double or triple curtains at home. I don't like the light coming in. then
People don't like meeting people and are often depressed. Why do you hate light? it's inside
For fear of exposing the dirty, dark, and stinky things. So don't hide everything
Close the door to Yin and live in fear and fear. I don't know if there is anyone like that here.
I will Avoid meeting people like a Suga-seong woman and live a life coming out of the well at 12 noon
isn't there?
But we are no longer wandering in darkness because of Jesus, who is the light. Ah
If you are unclear about this issue, please accept Jesus Christ right away. Sugaseong W
Just as a man exposed his darkness before the light and was healed and lived a new life,
Hope to see you again
God has guaranteed our identity so that we are no longer slaves to the devil. which
Lelujah! He gave us the privilege of becoming a child of God. To those who receive Jesus Christ, God is
He not only gave the right to become children of
He who has this has life, and he who does not have the Son does not have life. Therefore, anyone who
Those who call on Christ have the salvation of God, there is life, and there is light.
I exhort you in the name of the Lord on the morning of the first Sunday, the first day of April. We are not darkness. week
light inside Be grateful for this fact. Let's praise this fact. And the night is deep and darkness
Since you are near, I hope you will put off the work of darkness, put on the armor of light and live in the light