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Jesus Christ is presented as the divine "Light of the World," offering salvation, truth, and life to humanity, contrasting with the darkness of sin and ignorance.
LIGHT IS COME INTO THE WORLD. LIGHT WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM. HIS
NAME IS JESUS. HE'S THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. AND I'LL TELL YOU
RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'LL OPEN YOUR HEART AND RECEIVE HIM AS THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST, HE WILL PULL BACK THE VEIL OF DARKNESS, PIN
IT WITH A STAR OF HOPE, AND FLOOD YOUR WORLD WITH THE
SUNLIGHT. AND YOU WILL SEE THINGS AND KNOW THINGS THAT YOU
COULD NEVER KNOW WITHOUT HIM. [MUSIC] THANKS FOR JOINING US
TODAY FOR THE PROGRAM. ADRIAN ROGERS HAD A UNIQUE ABILITY TO
APPLY BIBLICAL TRUTH TO EVERYDAY LIFE. IT WAS ONE OF THE MANY
THINGS THAT MADE HIM SUCH A REMARKABLE PASTOR, BIBLE TEACHER
AND WRITER. HAVE YOUR BIBLES OPENED AND STAY WITH US FOR THIS
POWERFUL MESSAGE. AND REMEMBER, YOU CAN FIND OTHER MATERIALS
RELATED TO TODAY'S MESSAGE, LIKE PASTOR ROGERS' OUTLINE, NOTES
AND A COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT ALL AT LWF.ORG. NOW LET'S JOIN ADRIAN
ROGERS.
WOULD YOU BE FINDING JOHN CHAPTER ONE? WHEN YOU'VE FOUND
IT, LOOK UP HERE. JOHN CHAPTER ONE. I WANT TO TELL YOU AN
INTERESTING STORY AND REALLY VERY SAD STORY. BACK IN WORLD
WAR II, IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC, THERE WAS AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER
THAT WAS IN DANGER FROM ENEMY SUBMARINES. AND THEY SENT OUT
FIVE OF THEIR FINEST AIRPLANES WITH FIVE OF THEIR FINEST PILOTS
TO SCOUT OUT AND TO SEE IF THEY COULD SPOT THE ENEMY SUBMARINES.
IT WAS AT NIGHT TIME. THE CAPTAIN OF THAT AIRCRAFT CARRIER
REALIZED HE WAS IN GRAVE DANGER, AND GAVE THIS COMMANDMENT. HE
SAID, EVERY LIGHT ON THIS SHIP IS TO BE EXTINGUISHED. THERE IS
TO BE A TOTAL BLACK OUT. THOSE FIVE PILOTS THAT HAD GONE OUT TO
RECONNOITER TO TRY TO FIND THOSE ENEMY SUBMARINES FINALLY CAME
BACK, AND THEY RADIOED TO THAT AIRCRAFT CARRIER. THEY SAID,
WE'RE COMING HOME. GIVE US SOME LIGHT TO LAND BY. THE RADIO
OPERATOR SAID, I'M SORRY. THERE'S A TOTAL BLACK OUT. WE
CANNOT GIVE YOU LIGHT. ANOTHER OF THOSE PILOTS RADIOED IN AND
SAID, JUST GIVE US SOME LIGHT, AND WE'LL LAND. AGAIN THE ORDER
CAME BACK, IT IS TOTAL BLACK OUT. WE CANNOT GIVE YOU SOME
LIGHT. IN DESPERATION, ONE OF THE PILOTS RADIOED IN AND SAID,
GIVE US JUST ONE LIGHT TO HELP US FIND OUR WAY HOME. THE RADIO
DISPATCHER THERE ABOARD THAT AIRCRAFT CARRIER WITH A BROKEN
HEART SAID, I CAN GIVE YOU NO LIGHT, AND SHUT OFF THE SWITCH.
AND FIVE BRAVE AMERICAN PILOTS, FIVE OF AMERICA'S BEST WENT DOWN
IN THE BLACKNESS TO THE CHILLY WATERS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC AND
OUT INTO ETERNITY. NOW I WANT YOU TO KEEP THAT STORY IN MIND
AS I READ TO YOU FROM THE GOSPEL OF JOHN BEGINNING IN VERSE ONE,
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD, AND
THE WORD WAS GOD. THE SAME WAS IN THE BEGINNING WITH GOD. ALL
THINGS WERE MADE BY HIM; AND WITHOUT HIM WAS NOT ANYTHING
MADE THAT WAS MADE. IN HIM WAS LIFE, NOW LISTEN TO THIS, AND
THE LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN. AND THE LIGHT SHINETH IN
DARKNESS; AND THE DARKNESS COMPREHENDED IT NOT. THERE WAS A
MAN SENT FROM GOD, WHOSE NAME WAS JOHN. THE SAME CAME FOR A
WITNESS, TO BEAR WITNESS OF THE LIGHT, THAT ALL MEN THROUGH HIM
MIGHT BELIEVE. HE, THAT IS JOHN, WAS NOT THAT LIGHT, BUT WAS SENT
TO BEAR WITNESS OF THAT LIGHT. THAT WAS THE TRUE LIGHT, WHICH
LIGHTETH EVERY MAN THAT COMETH INTO THE WORLD. I WANT TO TALK
TO YOU TODAY ABOUT JESUS, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. JESUS, THE
LIGHT OF THE WORLD. LIKE THOSE PILOTS, WE'RE IN A DESPERATE
CONDITION BUT THANK GOD THERE IS LIGHT. LIGHT HAS COME INTO THE
WORLD. LIGHT CAME TO THE WORLD IN BETHLEHEM. I WAS THINKING
THIS PAST WEEK OF THE SCRIPTURES, THE CHRISTMAS
SCRIPTURES THAT TELL US THAT JESUS IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
JUST PUT THESE IN THE MARGIN THERE. DON'T LOOK THEM UP, BUT
JUST WRITE THEM DOWN. IN ISAIAH CHAPTER NINE AND VERSE TWO,
ISAIAH LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT TIME WHEN OUR LORD AND SAVIOR
WOULD BE BORN IN BETHLEHEM SAID, THE PEOPLE THAT WALKED IN
DARKNESS HAVE SEEN A GREAT LIGHT. AND THEY THAT DWELL IN
THE SH, IN THE LAND OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, UPON THEM HATH
THE LIGHT SHINED. AND THAT LIGHT OF COURSE, ISAIAH GOES ON TO
TELL US IN THE SIXTH VERSE OF THAT SAME CHAPTER, FOR UNTO US A
CHILD IS BORN, UNTO US A SON IS GIVEN. THAT CHILD IS THE LIGHT
THAT ISAIAH WAS PROPHESYING ABOUT. AND ZACHARIAS, WHO WAS
THE FATHER OF JOHN THE BAPTIST, ANTICIPATED THE COMING OF THE
SAVIOR INTO THE WORLD. AND HE SAID IN LUKE CHAPTER ONE VERSES
78 AND 79, THROUGH THE TENDER MERCY OF OUR GOD; WHEREBY THE
DAYSPRING ON HIGH HATH VISITED US. THE DAYSPRING FROM ON HIGH,
THAT'S ANOTHER WORD TO DESCRIBE THE LORD JESUS. TO GIVE LIGHT TO
THEM THAT SIT IN DARKNESS AND IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH, TO GUIDE
OUR FEET INTO THE WAY OF PEACE. SIMEON, THAT DEAR OLD MAN OF
GOD, PICKED UP THE BABY JESUS TO BLESS THE BABY JESUS. AND HERE'S
WHAT SIMEON SAID IN LUKE CHAPTER TWO VERSE 27. THE BIBLE SAYS,
THEN TOOK HE HIM UP IN HIS ARMS, AND BLESSED GOD, AND SAID, LORD,
NOW LETTEST THY SERVANT DEPART IN PEACE, ACCORDING TO THY WORD:
FOR MINE EYES HAVE SEEN THY SALVATION,' NOW HE'S HOLDING THE
BABY JESUS, AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAYS, FOR MINE EYES HAVE SEEN
THY SALVATION, WHICH THOU HAST PREPARED BEFORE THE FACE OF ALL
PEOPLE; A LIGHT TO LIGHTEN THE GENTILES, AND THE GLORY OF THY
PEOPLE ISRAEL.' CHRISTMAS IS ABOUT LIGHT. JESUS IS THE LIGHT
OF THE WORLD. WE LOVE TO SING, SILENT NIGHT HOLY NIGHT, BUT
SILENT NIGHT HOLY NIGHT IS NOT ABOUT THE NIGHT. IT IS ABOUT THE
LIGHT. AND ONE STANZA SAYS, SILENT NIGHT, HOLY NIGHT,
DARKNESS FLIES. ALL IS LIGHT. IT'S NOT ABOUT THE NIGHT. IT'S
ABOUT THE LIGHT. WE SING JOY TO THE WORLD, AND A PART OF THAT
IS, HAIL THE HEAVEN BORN PRINCE OF PEACE. HAIL THE SUN OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS. AND THE WORD SUN IS SPELLED S-U-N. LIGHT AND LIFE
TO ALL HE BRINGS, RISEN WITH HEALING IN HIS WINGS. LIGHT IS
COME INTO THE WORLD, JOHN TELLS US IN THE THIRD CHAPTER OF JOHN.
I WANT YOU TO NOTICE WITH ME TODAY AS WE THINK ABOUT JESUS,
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, FIVE THINGS ABOUT HIM, FIVE THINGS
ABOUT HIS WONDERFUL, GLORIOUS LIGHT. THE FIRST THING I WANT
YOU TO NOTICE IS THE PURITY OF THAT LIGHT, THE PURITY OF THAT
LIGHT. NOW THE BIBLE SAYS THE LIGHT WAS IN THE WORLD. JESUS
WAS IN THE WORLD, BUT FRIEND, HE WAS NOT OF THE WORLD. IN THE
NATURAL WORLD THERE IS NOTHING AS PURE AS SUNLIGHT, NOTHING AS
PURE REALLY AS ANY KIND OF LIGHT. LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING
ABOUT LIGHT. LIGHT CAN NEVER BE DEFILED. LISTEN TO ME. LIGHT CAN
NEVER BE CORRUPTED, NO MATTER WHAT IT PASSES THROUGH, OR NO
MATTER WHAT IT FALLS UPON. LIGHT CAN NEVER BE DEFILED. IT CAN
NEVER BE SULLIED. IT CAN NEVER BE CORRUPTED. YOU CAN LET LIGHT
FALL ON THE MOST CORRUPTIBLE, PUTREFYING, VILE, LOATHSOME,
DISEASE-RIDDEN OBJECT OR SUBJECT, AND YET THE LIGHT IS
NOT TOUCHED BY IT AT ALL. IT CAN EXPOSE IT, BUT IT'S NOT TOUCHED
BY IT. NOW YOU TAKE WATER FROM THE PUREST SPRING AND IT MIGHT
BE PURE WATER, BUT AS IT BUBBLES UP AND BEGINS TO FLOW AWAY, IT
GETS CONTAMINATED. HA, HA, UH, BUT NOT, NOT WITH LIGHT. YOU CAN
TAKE SNOW, CRYSTAL PURE, LET IT FALL FROM HEAVEN, BUT BEFORE
LONG THAT SNOW WILL BE CORRUPT, BUT NOT LIGHT, NOT LIGHT. LIGHT
CAN NEVER BE DEFILED AND THEREFORE LIGHT IS A WONDERFUL
PICTURE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. JESUS WAS IN THIS WORLD;
JESUS, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. HE EXPOSED SIN, BUT HE WAS NEVER
CONTAMINATED BY SIN. JESUS COULD TOUCH SINNERS, BUT SIN NEVER
TOUCHED JESUS. NOW YOU THINK ABOUT IT. HE'S ABSOLUTELY,
TOTALLY UNDEFILED. AND SO I, I LOVE THE PICTURE OF LIGHT WHEN
THE BIBLE CALLS CHRIST THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. IT REMINDS ME OF
THE, THE SINLESS, STAINLESS PURITY OF THE SON OF GOD. JESUS
WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO EVER LIVED WHO COULD LOOK OTHERS IN THE
FACE AND SAY, WHICH OF YOU CONVINCETH ME OF SIN. HA, HA, I,
I WOULDN'T SAY THAT TO MY FRIENDS, MUCH LESS TO MY
ENEMIES. BUT JESUS WAS ABSOLUTELY PURE, ABSOLUTELY
SINLESS. LIGHT IS COME INTO THE WORLD. HE WAS IN THE WORLD,
[THUMP] BUT HE WAS NOT OF THE WORLD. HE WAS THERE TO EXPOSE
SIN, BUT HE WAS NEVER CONTAMINATED BY SIN. SO, WHEN
YOU THINK OF JESUS AS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, FIRST THING I WANT
YOU TO THINK ABOUT IS HIS UNCORRUPTIBLE PURITY. HAVE YOU
GOT THAT? NOW HERE'S THE SECOND THING I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT JESUS AS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, NOT ONLY
HIS PURITY, BUT HIS CONSTANCY. YOU SEE, THERE'S ONE THING ABOUT
LIGHT: LIGHT IS CONSTANT. THE FIRST TWO VERSES HERE TELL US
THAT, IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD, AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD,
AND THE WORD WAS GOD. NOW JESUS IS GOD, AND BEING GOD, HE NEVER
CHANGES. GOD CANNOT CHANGE. HOW COULD GOD CHANGE? HE COULDN'T
GET BETTER, AND HE SURELY WON'T GET WORSE. HE'S GOD. HE'S
ABSOLUTELY UNCHANGEABLE. HE SAYS, I'M THE LORD. I CHANGE
NOT. AND YOU SEE LIGHT IS CONSTANT. LIGHT DOES NOT CHANGE.
LET ME GIVE YOU A VERSE TO PUT IN YOUR MARGIN, JAMES ONE VERSE
17. THE BIBLE SPEAKS OF, OF JESUS AND GOD THE FATHER AS
LIGHT THAT'S UNCHANGING. AND IT SAYS, EVERY GOOD GIFT AND EVERY
PERFECT GIFT COMES DOWN FROM ABOVE, FROM THE FATHER OF
LIGHTS, IN WHOM THERE IS NO VARIABLENESS. WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN? THERE'S NO CHANGE. NOW, UH, EINSTEIN CAME UP WITH THE
THEORY OF RELATIVITY. AND IT, IT'S AN, IN, INCREDIBLE THING.
UH, FEW MEN OTHER THAN EINSTEIN AND MYSELF UNDERSTAND IT,
[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY. E=MC SQUARED,
THAT SIMPLY MEANS THAT THE ENERGY OF ANY GIVEN OBJECT
EQUALS ITS MASS TIMES THE SPEED OF LIGHT, SQUARED. DOESN'T THAT
MAKE PERFECT SENSE? NOW E STANDS FOR ENERGY IN ERGS, THAT'S WHY
THEY CALL IT E. M STANDS FOR MASS IN GRAMS. THAT'S WHY IT'S
CALLED M. AND C STANDS FOR THE VELOCITY OF LIGHT IN CENTIMETERS
PER SECOND. NOW WHAT THIS ALL MEANS IS THAT A SMALL AMOUNT OF
MASS IS ABLE TO PRODUCE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENERGY THAT
IS, FOR EXAMPLE, IN NUCLEAR FISSION. NOW EINSTEIN SAID THIS,
AND I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO IT. HE SAID THE REASON THAT HE WAS
ABLE TO, TO CONSTRUCT AND WRITE DOWN THE THEORY OF RELATIVITY IS
BECAUSE THERE IS ONE THING AND ONE ALONE IN THE WORLD THAT IS
CONSTANT AND CANNOT CHANGE. IT'S THE SPEED OF LIGHT, THE SPEED OF
LIGHT; 186,282 MILES PER SECOND, HE SAYS THAT'S CONSTANT.
EVERYTHING ELSE IS RELATIVE. THE ONLY THING THAT IS CONSTANT IN
OUR UNIVERSE IS LIGHT. AND JESUS, IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM,
IS THE ONE CONSTANT. HE IS LIGHT, AND HE DOES NOT CHANGE.
NOW, LET ME, LET ME ILLUSTRATE THE CONSTANCY OF LIGHT, HEH,
AND, AND RELATIVITY. IF I GET IN MY AUTOMOBILE OUT HERE ON
INTERSTATE 40, AND I'M DRIVING AT 50 MILES AN HOUR THIS WAY,
AND YOU'RE IN YOUR AUTOMOBILE, AND YOU'RE DRIVING AT 50 MILES
THIS WAY, WHEN WE PASS EACH OTHER, THE RELATIVE SPEED IS
WHAT? ONE HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR. THAT'S RELATIVE SPEED. I'M GOING
50. YOU'RE GOING 50; THAT'S THE RELATIVE SPEED. NOW, IF I'M
GOING 50, AND YOU PULL UP ALONGSIDE OF ME, AND YOU'RE
GOING 60, THEN RELATIVELY TO ME YOU'RE GOING 10 MILES AN HOUR.
THAT'S YOUR RELATIVE SPEED TO MY SPEED. YOU SEE, UH, EVERYTHING
THERE IS, IS RELATIVE. BUT NOW SUPPOSE I HIGHJACK A LIGHT BEAM,
AND I'M ON A LIGHT BEAM. I'VE GOT THAT THING SADDLED, AND SO
I'M TRAVELING NOW AT A 186,282 MILES PER SECOND. THAT'S FAST.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER] THAT'S AROUND THE WORLD SEVEN TIMES IN
ONE SECOND. [CLAP] I'M TRAVELING THAT WAY. I AM TRAVELING AT THE
SPEED OF LIGHT. NOW LET'S SUPPOSE YOU GET A LIGHT BEAM,
AND YOU'RE GOING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. YOU'RE TRAVELING
186,282 MILES A SECOND. YOU'RE GOING THIS WAY, AND I'M GOING
THAT WAY. FFFTT, [THUMP] WE PASS. HOW DO WE PASS? WE PASS AT
THE SPEED OF LIGHT. NOW, IS THE RELATIVE LIGHT, IS THE RELATIVE
SPEED DOUBLED? NO, IT'S CONSTANT. YOU DON'T DOUBLE THAT.
IT DOESN'T CHANGE. IT'S STILL, TH, UH, THE, RELATIVELY IT'S NOT
TWICE 186,000 MILES PER SECOND. IT'S, UH, THE THING THAT CHANGES
THEN IS NOT SPEED BUT TIME, TIME. YOU SEE, THE FASTER YOU
GET TO THE SPEED OF LIGHT, THE MORE TIME SLOWS DOWN. AND IF YOU
WERE TO ACHIEVE THE SPEED OF LIGHT, TIME WOULD STAND STILL.
NOW THINK ABOUT IT. ONE DAY WE'RE GOING TO ACHIEVE THE SPEED
OF LIGHT. I MEAN GOD IS LIGHT. CHRIST IS LIGHT. ONE DAY WE'RE
GOING TO BE MADE JUST LIKE THE LORD JESUS. YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW
THE BIBLE SAYS, HE DWELLS IN LIGHT THAT NO MAN CAN APPROACH
UNTO. BUT ONE DAY WHEN WE SEE HIM, WE'LL BE LIKE HIM. WE'LL BE
TRANSFORMED INTO HIS PERFECT IMAGE, AND FOR US TIME WILL
STAND STILL. WE'LL BE IN ETERNITY. TIME WILL STAND STILL.
WE'VE GONE FROM TIME TO ETERNITY, BECAUSE WE ARE LIKE
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. BUT THINK ABOUT THOSE IN HELL. FOR THEM
TIME SLOWS DOWN. THEY'RE IN DARKNESS. THROUGH THE EONS OF
THE AGES, ENDLESS, TIMELESS, DATELESS, MEASURELESS, THEY'RE
IN HELL. AND THE BIBLE SAYS THEY HAVE NO REST DAY NOR NIGHT,
THOSE WHO ARE AWAY FROM OUR LORD. YOU SEE, HE IS CONSTANT.
THE SPEED OF LIGHT IS CONSTANT, AND IT, IT TELLS US OF THE LORD
JESUS NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF THE PURITY OF THAT LIGHT, BUT THE
CONSTANCY OF THAT LIGHT. LET ME GIVE YOU TWO VERSES. MALACHI
VERSE, CHAPTER THREE VERSE SIX, FOR I AM THE LORD, I CHANGE NOT;
THEREFORE YE SONS OF JACOB ARE NOT CONSUMED. LET ME GIVE YOU
ANOTHER ONE; HEBREWS 13 VERSE EIGHT, JESUS CHRIST THE SAME
YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOREVER. IN A WORLD OF CHANGE ISN'T IT
WONDERFUL THERE'S ONE WHO WILL NOT CHANGE, AND HIS NAME IS
JESUS. HE'S THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. I HEARD A PREACHER PREACH
AWHILE BACK, AND HE SAID SOMETHING, JUST TICKLED ME ALL
OVER. HE SAID, YOU CAN'T MAKE GOD NERVOUS. I LOVE THAT. OH
THERE'S NO PANIC IN HEAVEN. FRIEND, HE DOES NOT CHANGE, AND
HE SEES THE BEGINNING FROM THE END. WE SING IT, BROTHER JIM,
GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS, OH GOD MY FATHER. THERE IS NO
SHADOW OF TURNING WITH THEE. THOU CHANGEST NOT; THY
COMPASSIONS THEY FAIL NOT. GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS, OH LORD,
UNTO ME. BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT A THIRD THING ABOUT THIS
LIGHT. I WANT YOU TO THINK NOT ONLY ABOUT THE PURITY OF IT:
JESUS CHRIST, ABSOLUTELY PURE, CANNOT BE DEFILED. HE CAN TOUCH
SIN, BUT SIN CANNOT TOUCH HIM. HE CAN EXPOSE SIN, BUT SIN
CANNOT DEFILE HIM. THINK OF THE CONSTANCY OF THIS LIGHT: HE
NEVER CHANGES. THE THIRD THING I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT IS, I'M
SO GRATEFUL THAT HE IS DESCRIBED AS LIGHT, THAT LITTLE BABY THAT
WAS BORN. AND THAT'S NOT ONLY THE PURITY OF THAT LIGHT AND THE
CONSTANCY OF THAT LIGHT, BUT THE VICTORY OF THAT LIGHT, THE
VICTORY OF THAT LIGHT. LOOK IF YOU WILL IN VERSES THREE THROUGH
FIVE, ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY HIM; AND WITHOUT HIM WAS NOT
ANYTHING MADE THAT WAS MADE. IN HIM WAS LIFE; AND THE LIFE WAS
THE LIGHT OF MEN. NOW WATCH THIS VERSE, AND THE LIGHT SHINETH IN
DARKNESS; AND THE DARKNESS COMPREHENDED IT NOT. NOW WHAT
DOES THAT MEAN? DOES IT MEAN THE DARKNESS DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE
LIGHT? THAT'S THE WAY WE WOULD TRANSLATE THE DARKNESS
COMPREHENDED IT, OR THAT'S WHAT THE NORMAL MEANING WOULD BE. BUT
I LOOKED THIS UP IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UH, TRANSLATIONS.
AND, UH, HERE ARE THREE THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, THE
DARKNESS HAS NOT OVERCOME IT. HERE'S ANOTHER, THE DARKNESS
CANNOT PUT IT OUT. HERE'S ANOTHER TRANSLATION, THE
DARKNESS CAN NEVER EXTINGUISH IT. WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT HERE
IS THE VICTORY OF THIS LIGHT. ALL HISTORY, HERE'S THE HISTORY
OF A BATTLE BETWEEN LIGHT AND DARKNESS. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL
ABOUT. EVERYTHING, THERE'S A BATTLE BETWEEN LIGHT AND
DARKNESS. SATAN, HIS NAME IS LUCIFER. IT MEANS LIGHT BEARER.
BUT SATAN TURNED AGAINST GOD, AND SINNED AGAINST THE LIGHT,
AND NOW NO LONGER IS HE THE LIGHT BEARER, LUCIFER, THE SON
OF THE MORNING. HE IS NOW BECOME SATAN, THE FATHER OF THE NIGHT.
AND THERE'S A DARKNESS, A DARK, DEVILISH, DARKNESS THAT IS AT
BATTLE WITH THE LIGHT. I WANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION. WHO MUST
WIN? AS NIGHT FOLLOWS DAY AND DAY FOLLOWS NIGHT, IT IS AS
CLEAR AS THE LIGHT OF THE NOONDAY SUN, DARKNESS HAS NO
POWER AGAINST LIGHT. NOW YOU THINK ABOUT IT. DARKNESS HAS
ABSOLUTELY NO POWER AGAINST LIGHT. IT IS TOTALLY POWERLESS
AGAINST THE LIGHT. IF YOU'RE IN A DARK ROOM, AND YOU WANT TO GET
THE DARKNESS OUT, HOW WOULD YOU GET THE DARKNESS OUT? COULD YOU
TAKE A VACUUM CLEANER AND SUCK IT OUT? COULD YOU TAKE A SHOVEL
AND SHOVEL IT OUT? COULD YOU TAKE A BROOM AND SWEEP IT OUT?
HOW WOULD YOU GET THE DARKNESS OUT OF THAT ROOM? TURN ON THE
LIGHT. NOW WHEN YOU TURN ON THE LIGHT, WHERE DOES THE DARKNESS
GO? IT FLEES. IT GOES UNDER THE BED. HUH, HA, HA, IT GOES IN THE
CLOSET. IT, IT GOES OUT. IT CANNOT STAY. IT IS TOTALLY
POWERLESS AGAINST THE LIGHT. SAY, AMEN. [AUDIENCE: AMEN] I
WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT. YOU SAY, THAT'S A SIMPLE THOUGHT.
IT'S A GLORIOUS THOUGHT. IT'S A GLORIOUS THOUGHT. THE DARKNESS
CAN'T PUT OUT THE LIGHT. LIGHT HAS COME INTO THE WORLD. THAT'S
THE WHOLE THING. YOU THINK OF THE SUN, HOW BRIGHT THE SUN IS,
INCREDIBLY BRIGHT. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE SUN IN THE NATURAL
WORLD, SO POWERFUL. THE ENERGY ON THE SUN IN INDESCRIBABLE. THE
SUN RADIATES MORE ENERGY IN ONE SECOND THAN MAN HAS USED IN THE
HISTORY OF CIVILIZATION OR EVER WILL USE. FOUR MILLION TONS OF
HYDROGEN ARE DESTROYED EVERY SECOND IN A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION ON
THE SUN. FOUR MILLION TONS OF NUCLEAR BOMBS ARE GOING OFF
EVERY SECOND ON THE SUN. ON THE BRIGHTEST MOONLIT NIGHT, THE
LIGHT OF THE MOON IS ONLY ONE EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSANDTH AS
BRIGHT AS AN ORDINARY SUNSHINY DAY. TO LOOK INTO THE FACE OF
THE SUN IS TO PUT YOUR EYES OUT, BUT THAT'S ONLY A FAINT
ILLUSTRATION OF THE SON OF GOD AND HIS BRIGHTNESS. THE BIBLE
TELLS US IN FIRST TIMOTHY CHAPTER SIX VERSE 16, IT SPEAKS
OF OUR LORD, WHO ONLY HATH IMMORTALITY, DWELLING IN LIGHT
WHICH NO MAN CAN APPROACH UNTO. WE PUT A MAN ON THE MOON;
FRIEND, WE'LL NEVER PUT ONE ON THE SUN. BUT THAT IS ONLY AN
ILLUSTRATION OF THE GLORY, THE POWER OF OUR GREAT GOD. IT'S A
VICTORY OF THIS LIGHT. NOW LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THIS
LIGHT. EVERY NOW AND THEN IN THE NATURAL WORLD WE SAY, WELL, THE
SUN DIDN'T SHINE TODAY. THAT'S A LIE ISN'T IT? YOU'VE EVER RIDDEN
IN AN AIRPLANE, YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THAT. HA, YOU KIDDING? AN
OVERCAST, FOGGY, CLAMMY, COLD DAY AND YOU GET ON THAT PLANE,
AND IT BUMPS A LITTLE BIT, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, POOF. YOU KNOW
IT'S DAZZLING BRIGHT. DOWN BENEATH ARE ALL THE CLOUDS. THE
SUN'S BEEN SHINING. AND, FRIEND, I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING.
YOU CAN BLOCK OUT THE LIGHT, BUT YOU CAN'T PUT IT OUT. YOU CAN'T
PUT IT OUT. I MEAN, THERE IS VICTORY, AND RATHER THAN PRAYING
SO MUCH AGAINST THE POWERS OF DARKNESS, WHAT WE NEED TO BE
DOING IS REALIZING THE POWER OF LIGHT. WHAT WE NEED TO BE DOING
IS TO RELEASE THE LIGHT OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND TO BEAR
WITNESS OF THAT LIGHT. THINK OF JESUS, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
THINK OF HIS PURITY. THINK OF HIS CONSTANCY. THINK OF HIS
VICTORY. THE DARKNESS CAN'T PUT OUT THE LIGHT. FRIEND, YOU CAN
WALK IN A ROOM AND TURN ON THE LIGHT, BUT YOU CANNOT WALK IN
ONE AND TURN ON THE DARKNESS. THE ONLY THING CAN LET THE
DARKNESS IN IS FOR THE LIGHT TO BE BLOCKED OUT. NOW HERE'S A
THIRD THING I WANT, A FOURTH THING I WANT YOU TO NOTICE ABOUT
JESUS, THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. I HOPE THIS'LL BLESS YOU AS MUCH
AS ALL THIS HAS BLESSED ME WHEN I STUDIED IT. BUT YOU THINK
ABOUT HIS PURITY; HE CANNOT BE DEFILED. HE CAN EXPOSE BUT HE
CANNOT BE DEFILED. HE'S IN THE WORLD BUT NOT OF THE WORLD.
THINK ABOUT HIS CONSTANCY; HE NEVER CHANGES. THINK, FRIEND,
ABOUT HIS VICTORY. THE LI, DARKNESS CAN NEVER EXTINGUISH
THE LIGHT. AND THEN THINK WITH ME ABOUT HIS VITALITY. HE IS THE
ONE WHO GIVES LIFE. NOW LOOK, IF YOU WILL HERE, IN THIS SAME
PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE IN VERSE FOUR, IN HIM, THAT IS IN JESUS,
IN BETHLEHEM'S BABE, IN HIM WAS LIFE; AND THE LIFE WAS THE LIGHT
OF MEN. THAT'S THE VITALITY, THE VITALITY OF THIS LIGHT. LIGHT
AND LIFE ARE INEXTRICABLY INTERWOVEN. YOU CANNOT HAVE LIFE
UNLESS YOU HAVE LIGHT. WHEN GOD WANTED TO BRING LIGHT, OR LIFE,
TO A CHAOS AND MAKE IT A COSMOS, IN GENESIS ONE, HE SAID, LET
THERE BE LIGHT. AND WHEN THE LIGHT CAME, THE, THE SEAS BEGAN
TO SWARM WITH LIFE. AND, AND THE TREES AND THE SEEDS BEGAN TO BUD
AND BLOSSOM AND GROW. I'VE ALWAYS LOVED NATURAL SCIENCE,
AND I CAN REMEMBER BACK IN THE FOURTH GRADE THE FIRST BIG WORD
THAT I EVER REALLY LOCKED IN ON, THAT ENTHRALLED ME, WHEN MY
TEACHER TOLD ME ABOUT IT WAS A WORD PHOTOSYNTHESIS. YOU
REMEMBER STUDYING THAT WORD? PHOTOSYNTHESIS. AND THE TEACHER
TOLD US THERE IN THAT CLASS, I WAS AMAZED. IT, I, I WAS
ENTHRALLED BY IT. SHE SAID, THE WORD PHOTO MEANS LIGHT, AND
SYNTHESIS MEANS TO [CLAP] PUT [CLAP] TOGETHER. [CLAP] AND SHE
SAID, GROWING THINGS ARE PUT TOGETHER WITH LIGHT,
PHOTOSYNTHESIS. NOW LIGHT CAUSES THESE PLANTS TO PRODUCE
CHLOROPHYLL, AND HOW THE, THE WHOLE LIFE CHAIN IS BUILT UPON
THE SUNLIGHT. IF YOU WERE TO TAKE THE SUNLIGHT AWAY FROM THIS
WORLD, OUR WORLD WOULD BECOME COLD AND DARK AND DEAD! IT'S
LIKE A MAN WITHOUT JESUS: HE'S COLD AND DARK AND DEAD!
[AUDIENCE: AMEN BROTHER] WHEN JESUS COMES INTO THE WORLD, IN
HIM WAS LIFE AND THE LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MAN! OH, FRIEND,
THAT'S THE VITALITY OF THIS LIFE. YOU WANT YOUR LIFE PUT
BACK TOGETHER? IT'LL BE PUT BACK TOGETHER WITH LIGHT. [AUDIENCE:
AMEN] THERE IS A DIVINE PHOTOSYNTHESIS, HA, HA, WHEN,
WHEN THE ENTRANCE OF THY WORD BRINGS LIGHT AND JESUS IS THE
LIGHT. AND YOUR COLD, DARK, DEAD, CLAMMY WORLD WILL BE PUT
BACK TOGETHER WHEN THE GLORIOUS LIGHT OF THE SON OF GOD SHINES
INTO YOUR HEART. THANK GOD THERE'LL BE A SUNRISE OF THE
SOUL. [AUDIENCE: AMEN] AND JESUS SAID, I'VE COME THAT YOU MIGHT
HAVE LIFE, THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE IT ABUNDANTLY. THERE'S NO LIFE
WITHOUT LIGHT. WHEN ADAM SINNED, WHAT HAPPENED WHEN ADAM SINNED
IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN? GOD WAS LIVING IN ADAM, BUT WHEN ADAM
SINNED THE LORD WENT OUT; AND WHEN THE LORD WENT OUT THE LIFE
WENT OUT; AND WHEN THE LIFE WENT OUT, THE LIGHT WENT OUT. SO WHEN
THE LORD WENT OUT, HE'S DEPRAVED; AND WHEN THE LIGHT,
UH, THE LIFE WENT OUT HE'S DEAD; AND WHEN THE LIGHT WENT OUT,
HE'S DARKENED. BUT WHEN YOU GET SAVED, THE LORD COMES BACK IN,
[SNAP] TURNS THE LIGHT ON, [AUDIENCE: AMEN] THE LIFE BEGINS
AGAIN. JESUS IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. THAT LITTLE BABE IN
BETHLEHEM TURNED THE LIGHT ON AND GAVE US A PLACE TO LAND.
JUST GIVE US ONE LIGHT. WELL, GOD HAS MY FRIEND. HE HAS. NOW
THERE'S ONE OTHER THING I WANT YOU TO SEE, AND I'LL BE
FINISHED. I WANT YOU TO THINK NOT ONLY OF THE VITALITY OF THIS
LIGHT, BUT I WANT YOU TO THINK NOW OF THE GLORY OF THIS LIGHT,
THE GLORY OF IT. LOOK IF YOU WILL IN VERSE 14 NOW, AND THE
WORD WAS MADE FLESH, AND DWELT AMONG US, AND WE BEHELD HIS
GLORY, THE GLORY AS OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER, FULL OF
GRACE AND TRUTH. DO YOU KNOW WHAT GLORY IS? THAT'S THE
OUT-SHINING OF THE LIGHT OF HIS GRACE AND TRUTH. IT'S THE
SHEKINAH. IT'S THE LIGHT OF GOD THAT'S IN JESUS CHRIST. OH, THE
GLORY OF THIS LIGHT. NOW WE HAVE LIGHTS IN THIS BUILDING. THIS IS
ARTIFICIAL ILLUMINATION. THANK GOD FOR IT, BUT IT CAN NEVER
MATCH THE PURITY OF SUNLIGHT. HOW MUCH GREATER IS THE PURITY
OF THE LIGHT OF THE LORD JESUS? DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS A
SPECTRUM? UH, THERE ARE SEVEN COLORS THAT COMPRISE THE
SPECTRUM OF LIGHT. ALL LIGHT IS MADE UP OF COLOR. THERE'RE SEVEN
COLORS IN THE SPECTRUM. AND WHAT DO THEY REMIND US OF? JESUS THE
LIGHT OF THE WORLD, WHO IS WHAT? ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. GOD IS
PERFECT. AND SO THIS LIGHT WITH SEVEN COLORS, THE SPECTRUM,
REMINDS US OF THE PERFECTION OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS
CHRIST. BUT PUT ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER, AND THE COLOR IS PURE
WHITE, PURE WHITE, WHICH SPEAKS OF THE HOLINESS OF OUR LORD AND
SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. NOW, WHAT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT COLOR
IS IN LIGHT. OBJECTS DON'T HAVE ANY COLOR OF THEMSELVES. THE
COLOR IS IN THE LIGHT. DID YOU KNOW THAT? THAT ANYTHING THAT
YOU WEAR, ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE, YOU SAY, WELL, THIS LADY
DOWN HERE HAS ON A RED COAT. NO. SHE HAS A COAT THAT PICKS UP RED
OUT OF THE LIGHT. THE COLOR IS NOT IN THE COAT; THE COLOR IS IN
THE LIGHT. THE MOST GORGEOUS BOUQUET IN THE WORLD, IF YOU
TAKE AWAY THE LIGHT, IT HAS NO COLOR. THERE IS NO COLOR. YOU
DON'T TURN ON THE, ON THE LIGHT SO YOU CAN SEE THE COLOR. THE
COLOR IS NOT THERE WITHOUT THE LIGHT. THE COLOR IS IN THE
LIGHT. JESUS IS THE ONE THAT MAKES EVERYTHING GLORIOUS, AND
THEN HE HELPS US TO SEE WHAT HE'S MADE GLORIOUS. AND HE IS
THE GLORY OF GOD. FRIEND, IH, IH, IH, IH, CHRIST IS THE ONE
WHO GIVES GLORY AND JOY AND VICTORY. HE'S THE ONE WHO MAKES
THIS WORLD BEAUTIFUL IN HIS TIME. I FEEL SORRY FOR PEOPLE
WHO'VE NEVER SEEN THE LIGHT. YOU DON'T KNOW THE BEAUTIES THAT I
KNOW. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY. IT'S NOT
IN MY NOTES, BUT I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING, FRIEND. IF YOU DON'T
KNOW JESUS, I KNOW SOMETHING YOU DON'T KNOW. AND I SEE THINGS YOU
DON'T SEE, AND THEY'RE WONDERFUL. NOW, YOU MAY BE A
CHRISTIAN AND NOT SEE THEM CAUSE YOU'RE IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE. I
MEAN, YOU'RE WALKING IN CARNALITY. BUT, OH, IF WE WALK
IN THE LIGHT AS HE IS IN THE LIGHT, WE HAVE FELLOWSHIP ONE
WITH ANOTHER. AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST, GOD'S SON,
CLEANSETH US FROM ALL SIN. OH, THE GLORY OF THAT LIGHT. OH, THE
MULTIFACETED SPLENDORS. HE IS EVERYTHING IN THE SPECTRUM PUT
TOGETHER, AND HE IS THE ONE THAT MAKES ALL THINGS BEAUTIFUL. THE
GLORY OF THAT LIGHT; THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD IS JESUS. NOW I'M
FINISHED, BUT LET ME SAY THIS. THE SAD THING IS THIS: THAT MANY
NEGLECT OR REFUSE THAT LIGHT. LOOK AGAIN IN VERSES NINE AND
FOLLOWING, THAT WAS THAT TRUE LIGHT, OR, THE TRUE LIGHT WHICH
LIGHTETH EVERY MAN THAT COMETH INTO THE WORLD. YOU WANT TO BE
SAVED? HE'S THERE FOR YOU, FRIEND. BUT NOTICE THIS, HE WAS
IN THE WORLD. THE WORLD WAS MADE BY HIM, AND THE WORLD KNEW HIM
NOT. HE CAME UNTO HIS OWN, AND HIS OWN RECEIVED HIM NOT. BUT AS
MANY AS RECEIVED HIM, TO THEM GAVE HE THE POWER TO BECOME THE
SONS OF GOD, EVEN TO THEM WHICH BELIEVE ON HIS NAME. WHY DOES
SOME MEN BLOT OUT THE LIGHT? WHY WILL NOT SOME PEOPLE RECEIVE THE
LORD JESUS CHRIST? WELL, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING HERE. TURN
WITH ME TO JOHN CHAPTER THREE FOR JUST A MOMENT. LOOK IN VERSE
16, FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN
SON, THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT HAVE, SHOULD NOT
PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE. FOR GOD SENT NOT HIS SON
INTO THE WORLD TO CONDEMN THE WORLD; BUT THAT THE WORLD
THROUGH HIM MIGHT BE SAVED. GOD DOESN'T WANT YOU TO GO TO HELL.
IF YOU GO TO HELL, YOU'LL HAVE TO TRAMPLE OVER THE BLOODSTAINED
CROSS OF JESUS TO GET THERE. HE THAT BELIEVETH ON HIM IS NOT
CONDEMNED: BUT HE THAT BELIEVETH NOT IS CONDEMNED ALREADY,
BECAUSE HE HATH NOT BELIEVED IN THE NAME OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN
SON OF GOD. AND THIS IS THE CONDEMNATION, THAT LIGHT IS COME
INTO THE WORLD, AND MEN LOVED DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT,
BECAUSE THEIR DEEDS WERE EVIL. AND EVERY ONE THAT DOETH EVIL
HATETH THE LIGHT, NEITHER COMETH TO THE LIGHT, LEST HIS DEEDS
SHOULD BE REPROVED. [THUMP] THAT'S IT. YOU SAY, PASTOR, I
JUST DON'T SEE IT. THAT'S RIGHT YOU DON'T SEE IT, CAUSE YOU'RE
BLIND. BUT A BLIND MAN WOULD BE A FOOLISH PERSON TO DENY THE
LIGHT BECAUSE HE CAN'T SEE IT. AND THE REASON THAT SOME CAN'T
SEE IS THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE. THEY CAN'T FIND GOD FOR THE SAME
REASON A THIEF CAN'T FIND A POLICEMAN. IF YOU WANT HIM, I'M
HERE TO TELL YOU, LOOK AT ME AND LISTEN TO ME. LIGHT IS COME INTO
THE WORLD. LIGHT WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM. HIS NAME IS JESUS.
HE'S THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD. AND I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IF
YOU'LL OPEN YOUR HEART AND RECEIVE HIM AS THE LORD JESUS
CHRIST, HE WILL PULL BACK THE VEIL OF DARKNESS, PIN IT WITH A
STAR OF HOPE, AND FLOOD YOUR WORLD WITH THE SUNLIGHT. AND YOU
WILL SEE THINGS AND KNOW THINGS THAT YOU COULD NEVER KNOW
WITHOUT HIM. AND HE'LL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU
BECAUSE HE CHANGES NOT. WOULD YOU BOW YOUR HEADS IN PRAYER?
WHILE HEADS ARE BOWED AND EYES ARE CLOSED, IF YOU WANT JESUS
WOULD YOU PRAY THIS WAY? LORD JESUS, I NEED YOU. I'M TIRED OF
THE DARKNESS. I DON'T WANT TO LOVE DARKNESS RATHER THAN LIGHT.
I WANT THE LIGHT. I WANT THE TRUTH. COME INTO MY HEART.
FORGIVE MY SIN. SAVE ME, AND TURN ON THE LIGHT IN MY HEART.
IN YOUR NAME I PRAY, AMEN.
FRIEND, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER MOMENT OF YOUR TIME? MAY I ASK
YOU A VERY PERSONABLE QUESTION? DO YOU KNOW JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR
PERSONAL LORD AND SAVIOR? HAS THAT BURDEN OF SIN BEEN LIFTED?
HAS GOD'S SPIRIT COME INTO YOUR HEART TO BEAR WITNESS THAT YOU
BELONG TO JESUS CHRIST? DO YOU HAVE THE PEACE OF GOD RULING IN
YOUR HEART? WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THAT? WELL THE LORD JESUS
WANTS TO SAVE YOU; HE'S STANDING, KNOCKING AT YOUR
HEARTS DOOR. HE SHED HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD ON THE CROSS FOR
YOU AND HE PROMISED TO SAVE YOU IF YOU WOULD TRUST HIM. MAY I
SUGGEST A PRAYER LIKE THIS; PRAY IT FROM YOUR HEART, DEAR GOD,
THANK YOU FOR LOVING ME. LORD JESUS, THANK YOU FOR DYING FOR
ME ON THE CROSS. YOU PROMISED TO SAVE ME IF I WOULD TRUST YOU,
AND I DO TRUST YOU, RIGHT NOW, THIS MOMENT. COME INTO MY LIFE,
FORGIVE MY SIN, CLEANSE ME, SAVE ME. AND BEGIN NOW TO MAKE ME THE
PERSON YOU WANT ME TO BE. IN YOUR HOLY NAME I PRAY, AMEN. AND
FRIEND IF YOU PRAYED THAT PRAYER WOULD YOU LET US KNOW? WE WILL
REJOICE AND WE'LL SEND YOU SOME MATERIALS TO HELP YOU TO GET
STARTED IN YOUR CHRISTIAN LIFE. GOD BLESS YOU. WE HOPE THAT
TODAY'S MESSAGE HAS BEEN AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO YOU. AND YOU
CAN LISTEN TO THIS MESSAGE AGAIN, LISTEN TO OUR OTHER
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YOU IS BORN THIS DAY IN THE CITY OF DAVID, A SAVIOR, WHO IS
CHRIST, THE LORD. SHARE THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL WITH A DARK
WORLD, WITH THIS NEW CHRISTMAS CARD FROM LOVE WORTH FINDING.
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FRIENDS AS WE NEAR THE END OF A STRESSFUL YEAR. THIS CHRISTMAS
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