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Praise the Lord. 
I'm going to read a few verses 

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from John's gospel. 
John chapter 1. 

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Let's hear the Word of God, John
chapter 1. 

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Gospel of John chapter 1 reading
from verse one. 

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John chapter one verse one in 
the beginning was the Word and 

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the Word was with God and the 
Word was God. 

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The same was in the beginning 
with God. 

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All things were made by him and 
without Him was not anything 

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made that was made. 
And him was life. 

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And the life was the light of 
man, and the light shineth in 

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darkness and the darkness 
comprehended it not. 

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There was a man sent from God, 
whose name was John. 

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The same came for a witness to 
bear witness of the light, that 

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all men through him might 
believe. 

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He was not that light, but was 
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light. 
That was the true light, which 

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lighteth every man that cometh 
into the world. 

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He was in the world, and the 
world was made by him, and the 

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world knew him not. 
He came on to His own, and His 

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own received Him not, but as 
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To them give He power to become 
the sons of God, even to them 

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that believe on His name, which 
were born not of blood, nor of 

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the will of the flesh, nor of 
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And the world was made flesh and
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We beheld His glory. 
The glory is of the only 

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begotten of the Father, full of 
grace and truth. 

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John bear witness of him, and 
cried, saying, This was he of 

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whom I speak. 
He that cometh after me is 

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preferred before me, for He was 
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have all we received. 
And grace. 

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For grace for the law was given 
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came by Jesus Christ. 
No man have seen God at any 

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time. 
The only begotten Son, which is 

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in the bosom of the Father, He 
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Amen. 
We know God, and stamp with His 

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own approval and blessing this 
reading of the Holy Scripture. 

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Now my text this evening is 
taken from John's Gospel chapter

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1 verses 4:00 and 5:00. 
And it says in him was life, and

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the life was the light of man, 
and the light shineth in 

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darkness and the darkness 
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Now this evening I want to try 
and deal with the theme Christ 

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the Lord of Light in John. 
Chapter 1 verses 1 to 18 makes 

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for very interesting reading 
regarding the apostle John 

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because he's introducing us to 
the Lord Jesus Christ and he 

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wants us to teach us who he 
really is. 

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I believe John is led by the 
Holy Spirit in a very unique and

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wonderful way, in contrast to 
Matthew and Luke, who begin with

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the genealogy of Christ in real 
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They reveal that Jesus Christ is
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not a mythical figure. 
But John, in contrast, begins in

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eternity and he paints for us 
and presents a very stunning 

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portrait of who the Lord Jesus 
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We get asked the question, who 
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Well here's the answer. 
Jesus Christ is the eternal word

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verses one and two. 
In the beginning was the Word 

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and the Word was with God and 
the Word was God. 

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The same was in the beginning 
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The word was means he was 
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There never was a time when He 
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He has no beginning. 
He has no end. 

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And of course, I told you last 
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religion and false cults and 
even false churches, one of 

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their glaring errors is they 
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deity of the Lord Jesus Christ 
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and true humanity. 
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Jehovah Witnesses deny the true 
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second person of the Holy 
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Notice the words and the word 
was with God, with God speaks of

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a distinct, separate person with
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speaks of accompaniment, speaks 
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See, the Word existed in the 
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with the Father. 
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coequal and coeternal, and 
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On top of that, the Lord Jesus 
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everything. 
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All things were made by Him, and
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made that was made. 
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Christ is the Word made flesh, 
hears His incarnation and virgin

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birth, and the Word was made 
flesh and dwelt among us, and we

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beheld His glory. 
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begotten of the Father, full of 
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But we also learnt last week 
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source of life. 
He says in the Scripture, in 

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verse 4, in him was life, that 
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materially, life spiritually, 
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Life eternally is not only the 
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also the true substance of life 
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And we thought about the purity 
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life, and the power of his life.
I was on the cross. 

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He gave up his life unto death 
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And let me close last, Lords, 
the evening with the secret of 

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life. 
And I tried to tell you that 

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faith is the key to believe that
God is with us, Emmanuel, and 

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it's God in US dwelling by his 
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And it's God for us on the 
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us. 
I can do all things through 

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Christ, which strengthens me. 
And one day he will take us. 

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John says in six and 29. 
And this is the work of God, 

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that you believe in him whom he 
have sent. 

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Now tonight I want to move on. 
I want to deal with another 

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truth here that's found about 
Christ. 

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Christ is not only the Lord of 
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light. 
Three things now this evening in

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relation to this subject. 
Firstly, the truth about the 

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light. 
Notice the words here. 

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And the life was the light of 
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Jesus Christ is saying his life.
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His person and work, every 
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The whole reason for his 
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Jesus Christ is the true source 
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light that shines in a very Dark
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Old natural light, spiritual 
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source, finds its fulfilment in 
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Notice the words and the life 
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Underline the word man. 
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of God. 
The light of man means that he 

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is the revealer of the invisible
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He reveals God's person to us, 
He reveals. 

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God's work, He reveals all 
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and moral attributes of God, and
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can discover something of God's 
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That's why the psalmist said be 
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God can be known. 
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Because not only is there life 
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life is the light of man. 
He's not only the true source of

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true light in the world, and 
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without the true light, but he's
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world. 
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Man in stark contrast to the 
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You think of the angels who 
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kept their glorious state, not a
reference to fallen angels who 

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sinned with Lucifer and LED a 
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reserved in change of darkness. 
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not a reference to animals. 
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of the ground, but they weren't 
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Animals don't have immortal 
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Animals live and die. 
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them, but it's the light of men.
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Men do live beyond the grave. 
Men are not like the animals who

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return to the dust and that's 
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No men have immortal souls. 
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in the verse 7A tremendous 
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God for man of the dust of the 
ground and breathed into his 

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nostrils the breath of life and 
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And the truth is that man is a 
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Christ and the light of Christ 
is in the life of Christ and the

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life of Christ is the light of 
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that has come into the world and
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in contrast to counterfeit 
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Christ is the true light that 
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We read there and John chapter 
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light which lighteth every man 
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You'll read in this passage that
John the Baptist was sent as a 

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witness to that light. 
John the Baptist was not not 

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true light, but was sent as a 
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Did you notice in the reading 
the reference to the capital L? 

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Verse 7? 
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bear witness of the light 
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He was not that light capital L,
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that light capital L. 
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the true light, which lighteth 
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world, again, a capital L. 
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Now let's ask the question, how 
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How does the true light 
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Well, there's an answer. 
Doctor Martyn Lloyd Jones in one

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of his sermons in John One verse
5 suggests this by the light of 

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general revelation of God in 
creation. 

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Remember what we read in Romans 
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For the invisible things of him 
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are clearly seen, being 
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made, even His eternal power and
Godhead, so that they are 

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without excuse. 
In other words, everything 

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created in the universe teaches 
and testifies not only that God 

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exists, but teaches and 
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eternal power in Godhead, so 
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The heavens declare the glory of
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his hand work, the psalmist 
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But also by the light of 
conscience, See, every one of us

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is a conscience. 
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The conscience teaches us all 
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wrong. 
It's a good guide. 

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It's a reliable guide, not an 
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But the light of conscience 
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good and all that is true and 
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the world. 
It also bears witness to all 

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that is evil and wicked and bad 
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And let me just point out that 
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true justice, and true justice 
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morality. 
We'll illustrate. 

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Think of a clock. 
I've got a number of clocks in 

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the portacabin. 
They they don't work. 

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Some of them don't go TikTok. 
And the ones that do have got 

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broken hands. 
So you could just imagine, 

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here's a clock and it's doing 
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But that clock keeps me in the 
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It's not a great help to teach 
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conscience is a bit like that. 
Not only by the light of general

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revelation of God and creation, 
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conscience, but especially by 
the light of the new birth. 

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See the Lord Jesus said in John 
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Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
except the man be born again, he

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cannot see the Kingdom of God. 
The word see means to grasp and 

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to to understand every man 
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Spirit, born from above. 
That man has got new life, and 

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the moment he has got new life 
in Christ, he's also got a new 

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light. 
He begins to see things 

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differently. 
He sees a sin for the first 

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time. 
He sees that he's got a mortal 

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soul that needs to be saved. 
He sees and knows who the 

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Saviour is. 
He, he, he sees and learns truth

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from the Scriptures. 
He begins to understand the 

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necessity of keeping one day and
seven unto the Lord. 

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He, he, he begins to ponder 
something of the great truth 

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about the sovereignty of God 
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You see, Jesus stands and says I
am the light of the world, and 

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as the light of the world, the 
true light that cometh into the 

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world, He sends and gives light.
The Spirit of God takes the Word

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because by the light of the 
Word, the Spirit of God takes 

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the truth of the Word of God and
uses it to open the eyes of men 

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blinded and darkened. 
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in someone's face, in someone's 
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their exposure to the light. 
You've got to think of their 

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experience to the light. 
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essence of what the light does. 
Jesus Christ is not only the 

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source of light and the 
sovereignty of light, but Jesus 

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Christ is the light that shines.
Jesus is a shining light, we're 

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told in verse 9. 
He's the true light which 

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lighteth every man that cometh 
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He's the true light that shines 
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sinful world. 
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me tell you very quickly, he's a
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Jesus Christ is the most 
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The most powerful light in the 
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in comparison to Christ who 
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of the world. 
You see, the light of Christ has

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a power and an energy because of
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and because of the life of the 
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living light. 
It's a purposeful light. 

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Light is valuable light. 
Light has a purpose. 

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It shines on and on despite the 
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You see, the light of men found 
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purpose, has a goal. 
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It's not like a lamppost shining
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The light of man is planning. 
The light of man is moving. 

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The light of man is alive. 
It's it's a living light. 

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It grows and extends. 
It reaches out. 

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It's the light of life. 
It's the light of the living 

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word. 
I'll tell you better than that. 

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It's a precious light, not only 
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precious because it's the lights
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Remember what the psalmist said 
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For with Thee is the fountain of
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In Thy light shall we see light?
If I think of a dark room, I go 

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into the room to find an object.
Let's say it's into my front 

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living room and I'm looking for 
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I can't see it. 
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Because of in the dark. 
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then the light makes things 
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That's the idea. 
It's a powerful, purposeful, 

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precious light. 
That's the truth about the light

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very quickly. 
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triumph of the light. 
We're told in John's Gospel 

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here, verse 5, and the light 
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darkness comprehended it not. 
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about the light? 
The light shineth in darkness, 

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and the darkness comprehendeth 
it not. 

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The word comprehendeth means not
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understanding it, not grasping 
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That's one of the meanings. 
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overcome it, not able to take it
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mastering it. 
The darkness cannot master the 

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light. 
The light is more powerful, the 

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light is more purposeful and 
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You see the darkness here. 
The word darkness refers to a 

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world of evil and sin and 
unbelief, a world of rebellion 

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to God. 
And in the darkness, there's a 

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state of ignorance regarding the
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In the darkness there's a state 
of wickedness because the 

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darkness also represents man's 
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Not just darkness all around 
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And remember what Jeremiah the 
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chapter 17. 
The heart is deceitful above all

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things and desperately wicked. 
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And again we read in Mark's 
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For from within night of the 
heart of man proceed evil 

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thoughts, adulteries, 
fornications, murders, theft, 

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covetousness, wickedness, 
deceit, the viciousness and evil

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eye, blasphemy, pride, 
foolishness. 

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All these evil things come from 
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The darkness of man's heart is 
seen in their love for sin. 

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It's seen in their hatred of 
Christian doctrine. 

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I felt like standing it when I 
was in Belfast on Friday asking 

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people, do you believe in the 
Lord Jesus Christ? 

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I didn't, but I felt like doing 
it because so many of the older 

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generation were walking on past 
heedless and careless, and even 

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when we offered them wine, 
Christmas book, they were 

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shaking their heads. 
Some said no and walked on very 

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quickly. 
Do you know who Jesus is? 

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You see, man in the darkness of 
sin is ignorant of God Himself. 

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Man in the darkness of sin is 
ignorant of the message of the 

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Word that in Him was life and 
the life was the light of man. 

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They don't know the eternal 
Word. 

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They don't know He's the second 
person of the Trinity. 

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They don't know he's this 
world's creator. 

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They don't know that He's the 
only true life source. 

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And even in him they move and 
live and have their being. 

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They don't know that He's the 
true light of the world. 

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They're in the darkness. 
They cannot see the light you 

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see. 
Man in and of himself is 

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incapable of regarding the 
light, regarding of responding 

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to the light, regarding 
recognising the light or or 

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receiving the light. 
And yet despite his darkness, 

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the light, the true light shines
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We live in a a world where we 
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We're faced in daily with 
Islamic terrorism, mass 

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shootings. 
We've heard today of what has 

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happened in Bondi Beach in 
Sydney. 

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We hear daily of Christian 
persecution around the world. 

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In our United Kingdom, in the 
Western world, there's a woke 

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culture and there's a culture 
trying to degrade the Christian 

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Church and the Christian 
community. 

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We hear of so many gripped by 
addiction to drugs and to drink.

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We hear of someone saddled by 
acute depression. 

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We get news that a loved one has
been stricken with cancer or or 

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a loved ones die. 
See, this world is a dark place.

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It's a world of tears. 
There's many unknown. 

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There's closed doors, there's 
discouragement, there's despair,

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there's difficulties. 
There's many layers to the 

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darkness in this world. 
But in the darkness, Jesus 

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stands and says, I am the light 
of the world. 

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You see the light change on in 
the darkness, and the darkness 

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is not able to grasp it. 
It doesn't understand the light,

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and the darkness is not able to 
overcome the light. 

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It's not able to gain the 
mastery because the light is 

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more powerful. 
Someone has said the darker the 

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night, the brighter the light. 
Does that not inspire you with 

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confidence? 
In a world of tremendous 

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darkness, the darkness will not 
win. 

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And that's true for the country,
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That's true for the church. 
We should be focusing on Christ 

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coming to earth. 
When he came to this earth, He 

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came as the life of man, and the
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man. 
And he come to shine in the 

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darkness. 
And remember the darkness hates 

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the light. 
They hit the darkness because 

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their deeds are evil and in 
their darkness and they took and

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crucified the only begotten Son 
of God. 

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They put him to death and 
Calvary a horrible death of 

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crucifixion. 
But he overcame death by death. 

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And he arose the victor and he 
conquered the devil and 

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conquered darkness. 
Because darkness is not able to 

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overcome the light. 
Darkness is not able to 

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comprehend the light that should
encourage us. 

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This is not pie in the sky 
stuff. 

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I was thinking again that the 
open air on Friday of church 

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buildings throughout this 
province. 

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I was thinking of church doors 
that are open. 

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I was thinking of Bibles that 
are being carried by 

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individuals. 
I was thinking of sermons that 

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are preached, doctrines that 
explained those that are willing

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to stand in the open air and 
give out tracts and booklets. 

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Do you know what we're doing 
when we do that? 

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We're being a witness to the 
light. 

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We live in a land that is a rich
Christian heritage and even 

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though at this present time 
thousands and thousands of 

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people are not rejoicing in the 
light, in fact, worse, they're 

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rejecting the light because this
is a day of apostasy and 

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religious downgrade in the 
clench. 

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And yet, despite the day, 
despite what's happening in the 

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Church of England or the Church 
of Ireland or any other 

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congregation, the light shines 
on. 

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The light is purer, the light is
brighter, the light is better 

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than the darkness. 
That's the triumph of the light.

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One final thing. 
In our time has gone, the 

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trusting of the light. 
The light shineth if the true 

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light has come, and it has. 
For he announced I am the light 

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of the world. 
Here's the question, do you know

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Him as the light of the world? 
Remember we read in John chapter

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3, verses 19 and 20, and this is
the condemnation that light has 

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come into the world. 
And men love darkness rather 

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than light, because their deeds 
are evil. 

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For everyone that doeth evil 
hateth the light. 

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Neither cometh to the light, 
lest his deeds should be 

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reproved. 
Verse 21 But he that doeth truth

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cometh to the light, that his 
deeds may be made manifest, that

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they're wrought in God. 
You see, the light of the world 

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is either received by faith or 
rejected. 

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The Bible tells us there in John
one verse 11, He came unto his 

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own, and his own received him 
not. 

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They rejected Him, not only his 
life, but as the light of man. 

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Look at verse 12. 
But as many as received Him. 

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There are those who rejected 
Him, but there was those who 

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received Him. 
And it says, But as many as 

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received Him. 
To them give you power to become

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the sons of God. 
The word power means authority 

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or right even to them that 
believe in His name, which were 

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born not of blood, not 
hereditary, nor of the will of 

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the flesh, not of your own will 
or the will of man, but of God, 

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not by Pope, priest or preacher,
but born of God. 

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Do you remember the scripture 
tells us that God is light and 

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Him is no darkness at all. 
And the light of man, the Lord 

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Jesus Christ, He has come to 
reveal the Father to us. 

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He has come to make us aware of 
God's absolute holiness and 

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purity, to teach us that sin 
cannot exist and abide because 

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God is light and Him is no 
darkness at all. 

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And the power of Christ as the 
light of man shines in this Dark

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World, and He calls sinners to 
come to enjoy and experience the

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knowledge of God in and through 
Him. 

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He has chosen us in Him, He 
cleanses us in Himself by His 

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life's blood, and He claims us 
as His own high by those who 

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believe in Him, trust and accept
and rely on Him. 

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But those who receive Him, 
receive Him by faith, not just 

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believe truthful propositions 
about Him in our head. 

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Many do that. 
But you need to go a step 

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further. 
You need to receive Him by faith

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from your heart, or receive Him 
by faith with your hand. 

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The head and the heart and the 
hand work together. 

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The empty hand reaches and takes
the eternal life offered by 

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Christ. 
Let me finish. 

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There's no veneer. 
Preacher. 

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One time preaching in Glasgow, I
believe it was Glasgow Green. 

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I've never been there preaching,
but he was preaching and after 

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he was preaching for a time, 
there was this, we call him a 

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smart aleck. 
He got up and he said to the 

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preacher, I would like to say a 
few words and this is what he 

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said. 
I quote, I do not believe a word

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that this preacher has spoken. 
I don't believe there is a God. 

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I don't believe in heaven, don't
believe in hell, don't believe 

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in Jesus Christ, certainly don't
believe the Bible, and I don't 

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believe all this supernatural 
stuff about being saved that 

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this man has spoken about. 
And he walked down and of course

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the crowd was there and they 
were stunned. 

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Some were open mouthed, some 
were gasping, some were nodding 

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their head in agreement. 
They didn't believe either. 

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Well, well, another man kept 
forward and he said to the 

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preacher, well, just before you 
say anything, do you mind if I 

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say a few words? 
So he got permission and this is

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what he said in response. 
Listen to me folks, We all are 

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Glaswegians. 
I do not believe in the River 

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Clyde because I can't see it. 
I don't believe there's grass 

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under my feet. 
I don't believe there's trees 

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all around me or before me. 
Now before you asked why I don't

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believe in the River Clyde or 
that there's grass under my feet

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or that there's trees all around
me, Here's the answer. 

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I can't see them. 
I was blamed and I am blamed. 

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This fool here that's just 
spoke, he doesn't believe in 

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God, the Bible, heaven or hell. 
And why does he not believe? 

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Because he's spiritually blind 
and he needs the light. 

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Now that was the right answer 
because many are spiritually 

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blind as well as spiritually 
dead and they say we can't see 

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and understand it. 
It's because they need their 

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eyes opened, and the only one 
who could open their eyes is the

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light of men. 
And how could they get their 

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eyes opened? 
By believing in the light of 

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man, but also by receiving Him 
by faith. 

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One is the outworking of the 
other. 

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If the true light has come, if 
He announced I am the light of 

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the world, the light of man, And
you want to know the Father and 

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you want the Father revealed to 
you and you want to know that 

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you're part of God's family, 
then you must believe in the 

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Lord Jesus Christ. 
You must receive him. 

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I finish with this. 
But as many as received him to 

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them, to those that receive him 
give he power to become the sons

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of God, even to them that 
believe in his name. 

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And it's linked up to the new 
birth. 

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The Spirit of God implants the 
gift of faith, enabling us to 

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receive and rest in Christ alone
for salvation. 

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There has to be the trusting of 
the light. 

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Christ is the Lord of light. 
The truth I've tried to set 

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before you. 
I've tried to get you to 

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understand the triumph. 
The darkness can't overcome or 

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master the light. 
The darkness can't understand 

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the light. 
And here's the truth. 

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The light is to be received by 
faith. 

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May the Lord take these few 
thoughts and bless them to you 

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and give us understanding and 
wisdom in the reception of the 

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Word of God.