13/11/2023
ARISE [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you–rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! [Zech. 8:23.]”
Isaiah 60:1 AMPC
https://bible.com/bible/8/isa.60.1.AMPC
⁃ God is light
⁃ He dwells in the unapproachable light
⁃ We must rise to our light
“All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.”
John 1:1, 3 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/jhn.1.3-4.NKJV
⁃ Gods life was the light of man.
⁃ If you have His life you have the light
⁃ When God says rise and shine, He says imitate me
⁃ There is a level we need to reach in life which is the LIGHT
⁃ Healing comes from His light
⁃ The Light helps us to walk away from sin
“And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.”
John 1:5 NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/jhn.1.5.NKJV
⁃ Due to the power of light, darkness could not overcome it.
⁃ Understanding comes with the light
“What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have observed and have touched with our hands, concerning the Word of life —”
1 John 1:1 HCSB
https://bible.com/bible/72/1jn.1.1.HCSB
⁃ We can all hear but in order to gain depth we need to observe
⁃ The “Life” is God
⁃ We have no power to fight with sin. Our duty is to bring light
“that life was revealed, and we have seen it and we testify and declare to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us —”
1 John 1:2 HCSB
https://bible.com/bible/72/1jn.1.2.HCSB
⁃ When the light comes upon you. You testify
⁃ The light was revealed for all to saw and draw near to.
⁃ Through teachings, He is revealed
⁃ As Paul was on a pursuit to kill the believers, he was hit by the LIGHT
⁃ The LIGHT that hit him revealed itself as light
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ARISE [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you–rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord h