Ephesians 5:8
8 For [gar] ye were [en] sometimes [pote] darkness, [skotos] but [de] now [nun] are ye light [phos] in [en] the Lord: [kurios] walk [peripateo] as [hos] children [teknon] of light: [phos] KJV-Interlinear
8 for
you were formerly darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children
of light NASB
Darkness is associated
with nothingness, evil, sin, human opinion, delusional thinking, confusion,
chaos, invented beliefs, and such, all of which are related in arrogance and
the lack or rejection of truth.
Light, on the other hand,
is associated with truth, divine good, reality, accurate facts, orientation to
life and God and self and others, correct thinking, clarity of thought.
God is light, the source
of light, and perpetuation of light and all of the Biblical concepts associated
with light.
Rejection of God,
indifference toward God, defiance toward God, is darkness, delusional thinking,
corruption and so forth.
This verse does not say that
you were in darkness. It does not say
that you were associated with darkness.
This verse says that you
were, darkness. That means that you were once the actual substance, the actual
content, the actual essence of darkness.
In other words, you were nothing, had nothing, and could look forward to
nothing.
The only way to get out
of being darkness, you have to receive some light. And the only source of light is God.
That acquisition of light
initially comes to you through faith in Christ, which brings you out of the
darkness that you were, and into the light, which you become.
However, as a believer,
you still have the challenge in your life of maintaining that light. That is the maintenance of your spiritual
life.
And in order to keep the
light shining, you have to feed it power, which is Bible doctrine. No power, no light. When the batteries run out, then the light
stops shining.
But unlike unbelievers,
your salvation is always there, so your darkness is different than that of the
unbeliever.
Whereas the unbeliever is
darkness, the believer that does not function in their spiritual life, imitates
the darkness of the unbeliever. While
not actually being darkness, the negative believer imitates or acts just like
darkness.
That simply means that
you gain nothing in your spiritual life.
You amount to nothing in your spiritual life. And so you are nothing in your spiritual
life.
Better to be something,
than nothing.
Better to receive an
inheritance, than to have the promise of an inheritance and get nothing.
Better to live and
possess the life intended, than to see it and turn away from it. There are more
advantages in the possession and use of a phenomenal gift, than in rejecting a highly
valued gift.
When you had nothing, and
then entered into a life that has everything, which would be the wiser, to
return to the nothing, or to pursue the advantages of the everything?
Darkness comes with no
responsibilities, no obligations, no benefits.
Light comes with responsibilities and obligations, and phenomenal benefits.
Which is the more
valuable and worthy of pursuit?
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