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August 31st Evening
“If we walk in the light, as He is in the light.” — John 1:7
As He is in the light! Can we ever attain to this? Shall we ever be able to walk as clearly in the light as He is whom we call “Our Father,” of whom it is written, “God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all”? Certainly, this is the model which it set before us, for the Saviour Himself said, “Be ye perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect”; and although we may feel that we can never rival the perfection of God, yet we are to seek after it, and never to be satisfied until we attain to it. The youthful artist, as he grasps his early pencil, can hardly hope to equal Raphael or Michael Angelo, but still, if he did not have a noble beau ideal before his mind, he would only…
attain to something very mean and ordinary. But
what is meant by the expression that the Christian is to walk in light as
God is in the light? We conceive it to import likeness, but not degree. We
are as truly in the light, we are as heartily in the light, we are as sincerely in
the light, as honestly in the light, though we cannot be there in the same
measure. I cannot dwell in the sun, it is too bright a place for my residence,
but I can walk in the light of the sun; and so, though I cannot attain to that
perfection of purity and truth which belongs to the Lord of hosts by
nature as the infinitely good, yet I can set the Lord always before me, and
strive, by the help of the indwelling Spirit, after conformity to His image.
That famous old commentator, John Trapp, says, “We may be in the light
as God is in the light for quality, but not for equality.” We are to have the
same light, and are as truly to have it and walk in it as God does, though,
as for equality with God in His holiness and purity, that must be left until
we cross the Jordan and enter into the perfection of the Most High. Mark
that the blessings of sacred fellowship and perfect cleansing are bound up
with walking in the light.
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Voice Artist: Ian Cullen
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“If we walk in the light, as He is in the light.” — John 1:7
As He is in the light! Can we ever attain to this? Shall we ever be able to walk as clearly in the light as He is whom we call “Our Father,” of whom it is written, “God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all”? Certainly, this is the model which it set before us, for the Saviour Himself said, “Be ye perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect”; and although we may feel that we can never rival the perfection of God, yet we are to seek after it, and never to be satisfied until we attain to it. The youthful artist, as he grasps his early pencil, can hardly hope to equal Raphael or Michael Angelo, but still, if he did not have a noble beau ideal before his mind, he would only…
attain to something very mean and ordinary. But
what is meant by the expression that the Christian is to walk in light as
God is in the light? We conceive it to import likeness, but not degree. We
are as truly in the light, we are as heartily in the light, we are as sincerely in
the light, as honestly in the light, though we cannot be there in the same
measure. I cannot dwell in the sun, it is too bright a place for my residence,
but I can walk in the light of the sun; and so, though I cannot attain to that
perfection of purity and truth which belongs to the Lord of hosts by
nature as the infinitely good, yet I can set the Lord always before me, and
strive, by the help of the indwelling Spirit, after conformity to His image.
That famous old commentator, John Trapp, says, “We may be in the light
as God is in the light for quality, but not for equality.” We are to have the
same light, and are as truly to have it and walk in it as God does, though,
as for equality with God in His holiness and purity, that must be left until
we cross the Jordan and enter into the perfection of the Most High. Mark
that the blessings of sacred fellowship and perfect cleansing are bound up
with walking in the light.
To make sure you never miss an episode, please subscribe today wherever you listen to podcasts.
Producer: Todd Adkins
Voice Artist: Ian Cullen
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