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Arise and shine, for your light has come Arise and(Isa. shine, for your light 60:1)
has come (Isa. 60:1)
Biking -midnight – without headlight ?
Light EnErgy
• Magnifying Glass – Burn Grass, wood
LIGHT ENERGY • Use of Photons – particles of sun’s rays pass through lens. • You Position it rightly -convex lens . • Light Energy – creates another energy – Fire
• How can you rise up without energy? • Think of what Jesus said:
“I am the light of the world” John 8:12
• Problem with Following • We follow many other things other than the true light • Therefore, we are not energized • The light has not come • We pretend as though we have light
God Is light - l John 1: • This means that lightness and darkness can never co-exist • No 50-50 chance
God’s Word Brings Light – Gen 1:3, • Power of God’s Word • Creative power. • Darkness dispelled Gen1:4
LIGHT –Spiritually speaking is possessing right knowledge and understanding
god’s Word – sourcE of right KnoWLEdgE and dirEction LAMP/LIGHT –Ps. 119: 105/ Eph 1:19
• 2 Cor 4:7 – GOSPEL LIGHT • Ps. 119: 9 Is the pathway rugged, crooked, dangerous, tempting? • Is the path you tread on pure and straight? • Only God’s Word helps you find it.
PREREQUISITES FOR RISING UP
I. YOU MUST FALL DOWN BEFORE YOU ARISE (Experience Encounter) (Acts 9:14)
• What it is to have personal encounter with Jesus Christ? • Wrong understanding, Zeal, Misguided fervor (ideological fanaticism – ( Marxist, Communist or any other religious philosophy)
II. YOU MUST POSITION YOURSELF RIGHTLY (9:9,17, 18)
• Allow scales to fall off that block your vision. • Wait before that happens • Prepare Yourself To Rise Up
III.ASK GOD –WHAT’S NEXT STEP (9:6) • Don’t become too enthusiastic and decide based on emotions. • Ask questions • Be willing to submit full to Christ.
CONTACT Rev. Joshua Dhanabalan DISCIPLES FOR CHRIST Ph:9380709875 Email:joshhbalu@yahoo.com