There
is no shadow because light is pure energy;unadulterated by
impurities, it shines and shines. People can be like that too, they
can shine. Have you ever met someone whose personality and actions
made them stand out in a crowd? Christians are to be like that; they
are to shine. Jesus said: [14] You° are the light of the world. A
city laying upon a mountain is not able to be hid. Matthew 5:14. (
Modern Literal
Translation ) So,
what keeps us from shining like we should? Sin blocks the shining
light of God within us. The apostle John says it plainly in his first
epistle…
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John 1 ( World English
Bible )
[5]
This is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you,
that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. [6] If we
say that we have fellowship with him and walk in the darkness, we
lie, and don’t tell the truth. [7] But if we walk in the
light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
[8] If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the
truth is not in us. [9] If we confess our sins, he is faithful and
righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness. [10] If we say that we haven’t sinned, we make him
a liar, and his word is not in us.
We
are to be clean; free from sin, yet even the most faithful of us
commits sin from time to time. So, what do we do about it? Confess
our sin and become clean. Our lives are to be a walk with Jesus, the
God-man, who lived perfectly. A walk with Jesus is a walk with life;
a life that shines. So, be cleansed from sin and SHINE, for this is
our calling!