We are going to take some time and a look at First John and relate it to our daily walk in this world So hold on here we go.
1st John 1:1-4
Christ Jesus who has been from the beginning, Christ who is the Word, the Word whom we have heard, He who we have seen with our eyes, Him who we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life and, His Life which was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life of Jesus Christ and that eternal life He has offered to all, Christ was with the Father and was manifested to us, what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete.
For all Christians it is a privilege and should be a joy to share and tell others of the love and forgiveness offered to us by Father God through His son Lord Jesus.
To live a life that reflects the light of Christ should be the goal of each and every person who claims to be a Christian for to be a Christian means to be like Christ. And just as the moon has no light of its own but is bright in the night sky by reflection the light from the sun, we also in this darkened world should shine bright reflecting the light of Christ, for all to see.
In John 9:5 Jesus said “While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.”
And in John 8:12 “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”
Matthew 5:14-16 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Jesus is the light and we are to be as a lamp or candle shinning His light to this world for we cannot produce any true light on our own.
Christ did not give us light to hide it in the church He gives us light to be that city set on a hill as a beckon to draw the world to Him, and as a lighthouse to be a warning to this world of the coming wrath of judgment that Father God will soon lose upon this earth.
Christ has given each of us the ability to reflect His light to this world the question is, is your reflector (your life) set to reflect the most light posable? Or is it turned, not pointing directly at the Lord Jesus but pointed at the things of this world?
How bright is your light?