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                    Christ Is the Light of the World

        This is an unveiling of what we are before the Father, and how the Father looks upon us in Christ.

          John 16:28, I came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go onto the Father.

         Jesus said in John 3:3-5, except one be born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

          The believer is born of God.  He comes out of the very womb of God.

          Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world.

          For in one spirit were we all immersed into one body, and were all made to drink of ones spirit. [First Cor. 12:13].

          Just as truly as Jesus came out from the Father, so we have come out from the Father through the energy of the Spirit.  We are born of God.

          In first John 4:4, we read, ye are of God my little children.

          We are a part of the very Life of God.

          God’s very nature has been poured into our spirits, for we are of God.

          Now we can understand Jesus confession.  It staggered the Jews, it startled the disciples.

          I came out from the Father; I came into the world: again, I leave the world and go back to my Father.

          Just as truly as we came out from the Father in our new birth, when we leave our bodies, we go back to our Father.

          In John 8:23, Jesus said, ye are from beneath; I am from above.

          Jesus was ever conscious of His Heavenly origin and of His Heavenly relationship.

          Nothing would help us so much as to be aware that we do not belong to the earth.  We are on the earth, but we are not of it.  And our citizenship is in heaven.

          We are no longer a part of this Satan ruled world.  We are born from above.

          We have the nature and the life of the Father.  We are in Christ.

          Believers are in danger of being attracted to earthly things, such as money and the pleasures of life.

          If we could know we are not of the earth, as we know we are men or women, and know that our highest joy is to be found alone in Christ, it would make a great difference in our earth walk.

          In Matthew 12:42 Jesus said, A greater than Solomon is here.  He dared to confess what He actually was.

          He dared to tell that generation that looked on Him with suspicion and jealousy and hatred, who He was.  A greater than Solomon is here.

          I wonder if we have ever really realized who we are.  I wonder if we ever considered that we belong to another race?

          Second Cor. 5:17 wherefore, if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old things that belong to the earth walk are passed away, and behold all things are become new; but all these things are of God, who reconciled as unto Himself.

          We haven’t realized that the least in the kingdom of God is greater than Solomon.  He was but a servant.  His vast wisdom was given to him.

          We are the sons of God and Jesus as been made unto us Wisdom.

          Solomon was but a natural man who lived in the realm of the senses.  He had no conception of this Divine Life that has been given to us.

          But we don’t think of that.

          We have not yet realized our position in Christ; our position in the Family of God.

          We are the very Sons and Daughters of God Almighty.  Solomon was but a son of David.

          John 8:12 is perhaps one of the greatest sentences in ever fell from the lips of the Master, if we dare to put one Scripture over against another.

          I am the Light of the world.  He that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the Light of Life.

          Jesus dared to say that He represented a new order, a new type of man that in Him was the Light of Life; that is, the wisdom that comes from Eternal Life

          The people, who follow Him, walk in His Footsteps and obey His Word, should never be caught in the realm of darkness where they cannot see.

          Colossians 1:13 say, who delivered us out of the authority of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of His Love.

          You see, we had been taken out of the realm of darkness where man walk by the senses.

          We have been translated into the kingdom of the Son of His Love, or in other words, into the very Family of God.

          We have been partakers of His Divine Nature.  The same life that was in the Son of God is in us.  The same Light that He had is in us.

          Now we can understand second Corinthians 6:14: be not unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness and iniquity?  Or what communion hath light with darkness?

          In Philippians 2:15 Paul tells us, we are seen as lights in the world.  We are holding forth as a lamp, the Word of Life.

          We are the light of the world.  We have taken Jesus place.

          His Life in as is the source of Light.

          Light means the Wisdom and ability to do things, and the Greater one has not only imparted to us His own nature, but He is actually came into us and lives in us –has become a part of us .

          So when Jesus said, I am the Light of the world, it places tremendous responsibility upon those who follow in His steps.

          If we are partakers of His Life, then we have that light and John 1:4 must ever challenge us; In Him was Life; and the Life was the light of men.

          We have that life.

          With that life has come the Light, and we must walk in the Light as He is in the light.

          To step out of that Light means to step into darkness, which means broken fellowship?  It means to step out of the realm of love, for that Light is really love shining out through us, in our conduct, and in our words.

          The new kind of Love and the new kind of Light which Jesus brought are the very Nature of the Father.

          When we stepped out of Love, we step out of Light, and our fellowship with Heaven.

          If we walk in the light as He is the Light, we have fellowship not only with the Father, but with one another.  But when we are drawn aside for a moment by the adversary, we stepped into darkness.

          First John 2:9-11, He that saith he is in the Light and hated his brother, is in darkness even until now.

          He that loveth his brother abideth in the Light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.

          But he that hateth his brother is in the darkness, and walketh in the darkness, and knoweth not whether he goeth, because the darkness hath blinded his eyes.

          His spirit is in darkness.  Sense knowledge cannot light the path now.

          We have taken the Masters place as lights in the world.

          Just as Paul says, Follow me as I follow Christ, so every one of us are lights in the world, and we are saying to the world, follow me as I follow Christ.

          When we stepped out of light into darkness we spread confusion around as and people know not what to do.

          We should always remember what we are in Christ.

          We should remember we are the lights of the world, and those that follow us must not be led into darkness.

          John 14:6 has not only been a challenge, but has been a thrilling joy.  Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but my Me.