John 3:19-21 “And this is the condemnation, that
light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because
their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither
cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth
cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought
in God.”
In the beginning, when God created the earth there was
total darkness, not even a hint of light existed. “In the beginning God
created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and
void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved
upon the face of the waters.” Genesis 1:1, 2 Can you imagine total darkness,
can you imagine walking outside with not one single light anywhere? This is the
way that the world was after God had created it, no light, not even one hint of
it. But there was hope because God shined His glory upon the entire earth and
there was light everywhere. “And God said, Let there be light: and there was
light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from
the darkness.” Genesis 1:3, 4 It was only after God gave His glory to the
world that light was there. Then He created a sun to give the earth light in
the day and the moon and stars to give a lesser light to the night, but not until
the fourth day. See, God did not need the sun, moon, or stars to give light to
the earth, but He did create them for the rotation of the 24-hour day. After
all that God created God was pleased and even very pleased. Then one day Satan
showed up, Eve ate of the “Forbidden Fruit” causing her husband to eat of it,
and for the human soul death darkness ruled them as the darkness on the earth
before God gave it light. The human soul was dwelling in total darkness and the
human spirit was corpse dead, no light to see at all. God said that Adams sin
brought death and darkness to the entire population of the world. Then God sent
a Saviour, God sent a Light to this world that would allow a remnant of the
world to see God, His Son, and His word. This light was in His Son and only in His
Son just as it was in creation when God lite-up the whole earth only by His
glory. But the human soul hated the light because their life was already ruled
by the darkness and blindness created by Satan. The world’s population loves
darkness and hates The Light. Evil things happen in the darkness, sin rules
more in darkness than the day. People love not being able to see their sin, not
being able to see the evil in their heart. It is this reason people will “neither
cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.”
The word “reproved” means that Jesus as the Light shows
people their sins, but they love their sins more than the Light. God said, “And
this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved
darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. People do not
want to see their sins therefore they hate the light. It reminds me of a person
in a deep sleep and waking up to the sunshine and just wanting it to go away.
It is only those who, God gives through the power of the Holy Spirit can see
and accept the light that is given in His own Son Jesus the Christ who also
gives us spiritual life. Lost people and even backslidden Christians hate the
light and will avoid the word of God. They will avoid the Son of God and His
word. If a Christian doesn't live a godly separated life, than the world and
the devil will treat him as one of their own and they will not walk in
fellowship with God who is light. Christians will hate darkness, unless they
choose to return to the sewage that God rescued them from. As Christians we
need to always remember, Satan will convince you that everything is fine
because he impersonates the light. This is the same Satan that lied to Eve to
get her to eat of the forbidden fruit that caused darkness and death. But the
backslidden Christian needs to be reminded that this is the same false light that
appeals to the flesh, and not to the Spirit within the believer is nothing
short of anti-God. Satan is behind it all, God gave us light, He gave us life,
but somehow some Christians still desire to roll in sin like a pig does the mud
and fellowship with darkness and Satan rather than light and God.
