Welcome to another episode in The Living Word series for Sunday, March 19.

The story this week explores the spiritual tension that exists between what is of God, and true, and what is evil and deceptive. We understand how this plays out in a story which takes us from the anointing of a little-regarded youth who was to become Israel's most renowned king, through Jesus restoring the sight of a man born blind and how that stirred up bitter controversy among the religious establishment, to an exhortation for contemporary Jesus followers not to mix and match what is of the light and what is of darkness.

It's based on these Bible readings which are the ones set for March 19 in the interdenominational scheme used by churches and chapels.

Psalm 23https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm+23&version=NIV

1 Samuel 16:1-13 — Samuel visits Bethlehem to find and anoint David

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1+Samuel+16:1-13+&version=NIV

John 9:1-16, 28-41 — Messianic miracle restores a man born blind

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+9:1-16,+28-41&version=NIV

Ephesians 5:8-14 — Choosing to live in the light and not darkness

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ephesians+5:8-14&version=NIV

• See also the article post which is substantially the story part of the episode in written form

• And there’s a Bible study which looks at the main Bible readings in details and ez plains how they fit together

• Or you can watch the video What is False, What is True and How Do I Tell?

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