Part 6: Christ's Light (familiarity series)

Christ’s light is also a forgotten principle in our life. What do I mean by this? Bear with me through my rocky analogy, please. Let’s use the old analogy of sin being darkness and Christ being light, which one would you choose? Obviously you’re going to say the light, right? But if we hate the dark, why do we fall off the path of light? I think there’s a lot to be said about this topic, but first I’d like to talk about the heart. The heart is sinful and desperately wicked, there’s no way around it. In Christ we are new creatures, sin is past and righteousness is our future, but that doesn’t take away mankind’s sinful nature. Though we have received Christ light in our life, there is still the flaw of Adam and Eve that reproduces itself in every individual. We are a little bit of hell on earth, that’s what sin is. Our natural sinful nature of mistrust in God, striving for individual control, and lust for individual happiness and fulfilment in the things of the world are very real problems that all Christians suffer from in some way, shape or form. We stray from the light because we are sinners, lusting for individual achievements and fulfillment. The first step in the issue is realizing our sin, the second is confession to Christ, and the third is constant work, through the power of Christ, to stay committed to the cause of the cross so our trust in God grows and we do not stray from the dark. The light is a better path, however, it’s sometimes scarier than the dark because the trials and flaws are illuminated which otherwise may be dark and ignorable. However, though this is discouraging, we have the comfort and power of Christ that, if we let him, he may remove these obstacles and flaws from our life. Will there be stumbling? Of course, but we have to stay in the light. We Christians become familiar with the lighted path, sometimes, and forget the power we have in the light, to illuminate the dark in other’s lives. This power, through Christ, should not be taken lightly, though we most often do so out of our familiarity.