Bible Verse of The Day – 3-22-23

Ephesians 5:8 (NKJV) 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light…

This is an excellent example of the contrast between us before Christ and us after we have been redeemed by Christ.

Note that it says we were once darkness.

It doesn’t say that we were once in darkness or once under the influence of darkness. It says we were darkness.

There’s a difference. And it’s important for us to understand this so we can fully appreciate where God has brought us from.

Darkness defined who we were.

But since being redeemed, we are now light!

This light is not our own. It is not light that we create or generate ourselves.

We are light in the Lord.

It is His light. We are simply the transporter or carrier of that light.

And this light is in us to be shone on those we encounter, bringing glory to God, the Giver of that light.

It’s also important that we follow those last few words, “Walk as children of light”.

This is how others will know that we are His.

It is in walking as children of light that we glorify God in our bodies, proving that we are no longer darkness.

Verses 9 & 10 tell us that we are to walk in goodness, righteousness, and truth, finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.

Let us live our lives as an example of what God has done in us, being sure to make Him known in the words we speak and the actions we take.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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