Genesis 1:3-4 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.… I. Light is PURE. Its property repels defilement. It traverses unstained each medium of uncleanness. II. Light is BRIGHT. Indeed, what is brightness but light's clear shining. III. Light is LOVELY. Beauty cannot live without it. So Christ decks all on whom His beams descend. IV. Light is FREE. The wealth of the wealthy cannot purchase, nor the poverty of the poor debar from it. Waste not time in seeking a price for Him, compared with whom an angel's worth is nothing worth. V. Light is ALL-REVEALING. By Christ's rays, sin is detected, as lurking in every corner of the heart; and the world, which we so fondled, is unmasked, as a monster whose embrace is filth, and in whose hand is the cup of death. VI. Light is the PARENT OF FRUITFULNESS. In Christ's absence, the heart is rank with every weed, and every noxious berry. But when His beams enliven, the seeds of grace bud forth, the tree of faith pours down its golden fruit. VII. Light is the chariot which CONVEYS HEAT. Without Christ, the heart is ice. But when He enters, a glow is kindled, which can never die. VIII. Light is the HARBINGER OF JOY. Heaven is a cloudless God. (Dean Law.) Parallel Verses KJV: And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. |
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