Light-Bearers!

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Merry Christmas, everyone! This is a beautiful time of the year, when people decorate their homes and businesses with multi-colored lights. It’s a time for giving and sharing—for family gatherings and parties.


This is all generated by the celebration of the birth of Jesus—the true Light of the World.

Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.” (John 8:12 NKJV) As we follow Him and His teaching, we have the Light of Life.

And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. (John 3:19 NKJV) We, as children of God, prefer the light and have no fear of the Light, because He is our life. (John 1:4) Our deeds don’t need to shrink from the light because they’re motivated and powered by the Holy Spirit.

I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness. (John 12:46 NKJV) Because we believe in Jesus, we become people who prefer the light and have a desire to lead others into His marvelous light. (1 Pet. 2:9)

. . . that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world . . . (Phil. 2:15 NKJV) We are light-bearers! Because we are the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Cor.3:16; 6:19), we shine His light into our world. Rise—shine, for your Light has come! (Isa. 60:1)