Do you know why men will be judged?
To get the answer,read;
John 3:19;” And this is the condemnation,that Light is come into the world, AND MEN LOVED DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT,because their deeds were evil.”
The scripture above explains why people will have to suffer God’s judgment on the day of the Lord.It is because they ‘loved darkness rather than the Light.’
Let’s give careful thought to these phrases “loved” and “rather than”.Until someone comes to a point where they love whatever thing it may be,they must have thoroughly investigated and known much about it.Having found all the knowledge pertaining to the particular thing,they now choose to love it.
And so the Word of God states that men will be judged for having “loved darkness rather than the Light.”It would be a bit better had men loved being in the dark supposing there was no light at all.Yet the Light was in the world but men chose to walk in darkness!This is so sad.
Imagine that you were with some people in a dark room.And a lamp isthen lit.All of a sudden, the people begin to walk out of the lit room into the dark outside.I bet that you will be so much astonished by this scene.
The men chose out of their will to dwell in darkness.Although they had seen the light but they rejected it.
Instead of seeking to be godly,living in holiness,they cherished the deeds of darkness such as sexual immorality, fornication, adultery,evil desire,malice,obscene talk,murder,theft and the like.They rejected the Holy Spirit who was there to cleanse them of their evil.They also rejected the one who is the Light,and therefore will not have no excuse whatsoever on that day.
Why do people love darkness rather than the Light?It is because the deeds of the evil nature(darkness)are utterly shameful.They are unacceptable.Neither does darkness have any fellowship with the light.For the thieves steal while it is dark;witches practice witchcraft in the dark;and the drunkards drink at night.The adulterers and prostitutes do their business at dark.
Job 24:15-16;” The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight,saying,No eye shall see me:and disguiseth his face.
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime:they know not the light.”
Such are the characteristics of the sexually immoral,and all who practice what is evil.They do such things when it is dark.Because they cannot commit them in the light where people can see.
John 3:20-21;” For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light,lest his deeds should be reproved.
But he that doeth truth cometh to the light,that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.”
Have you decided yet?What do you now cherish?Light or darkness?Whether light or darkness,it will known through your deeds.Never allege it on Satan for the choice you freely made.Nor should you explain it away as a result of the devil’s seduction.Jesus didn’t say otherwise that”and Satan chose for men to love darkness”.Not at all!He said,”and men loved darkness instead of Light.”And this shows that people willingly chose to live in darkness having agreed to Satan’s suggestion.Hence,they rejected the Light of men which was come into the world.
What choice have you made to live on? Remember,doing what the people of this world do while you have known Jesus means that you willingly chosen darkness and so you belong there.You therefore risk falling into God’s judgment.For you rejected the Light that is in the world, which is Jesus Christ.
John 9:5;” As long as I am in the world,I am the light of the world.”
Today,make a wise choice by walking out of the darkness and enter into the light.Give your life to Jesus and put your trust in him.God will then release his gift of the Holy Spirit into your life to help you overcome sin.And in doing this,you will have escaped from God’s judgment,having entered into the light.
Maran atha!
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