Love Light or Darkness?

John 3:19-20 Words of Jesus: “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 everyone that doeth evil hateth the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.” Commentary: Men reject Christ because he interferes with the way they want to live! Pastor Greg Laurie

Darkness & Light

Isaiah 50:10 “Who among you feareth the Lord, that [obeyeth] the voice of his [servant] that walketh in [darkness], and hath no light? let him [trust] in the name of the Lord, and [stay] upon his [God].” Commentary: We are going to look at five Hebrew words translated back into English here. The translators used one English word or the best single word in English to express the meaning from the Hebrew. However we will use several English words to show the concepts of these words and their applications. The first word is ‘obeyeth’. The word used here means to hear intelligently with your undivided attention! Over your entire life you will hear two voices in your head everyday! One voice from God and one voice from Satan! These voices will oppose each other! One voice says go to the right and one to the left! Which voice will you obey? One voice leads to life and the other to death! The next word is ‘servant’. This word means the worshipper of the King! The minister of the King! Your pastor! Your shepherd! Will you obey the voice of your shepherd or will you run astray! Lost sheep! Will you follow the good shepherd or the wolf? Our next word is ‘darkness’. It means a place of ignorance and misery with a blindness to the light! It includes a place of judgment! Our next word is ‘trust’. It is someone you rely upon! Always faithful never failing you! Relying on with confidence with a good expectation with no anxiety! Then we move to our word ‘stay’. It means to rest upon or lean upon! Like a staff! Our last word is ‘God’. Remember there are several words for God used in the Hebrew and the Greek depending how it is used in context of a scripture! Here it means the divine judge of all the living and the dead! Is it not interesting he took our judgment upon a Cross? There are so many examples in your Bible of saints who were surrounded in darkness yet stayed true to God and were exalted above their troubles and came out victorious! Remember at creation there was first darkness before the light! Darkness was upon the face of the deep! What about Abraham, Noah, Job, Joseph, David, John the Baptist, Paul, Thomas, Peter, Apostle John, Jesus himself but this is not an extensive list! Noah preached 120 years but did not get one convert yet obeyed the voice of God to build the Ark! The greatest thing is to discover the light in the midst of the darkness! Our present day is full of darkness because they hate the light! If you trust God and listen to his voice no matter how bad it gets he will like Joseph take you from the prison to the palace! You may be in the dungeon of the palace yet like Jeremiah he will deliver you out of it! The three Hebrew children were in the furnace yet the light of Christ the fourth man in the furnace drove off the flames from those that trusted in him! Do not fail to be faithful to God no matter what the cost! His light will push away the darkness and sin of this world! You cannot have the light without the source of the light! It cost our Savior everything to redeem us! Show his light to those living in darkness! Heaven and earth shall pass away but not his Word! His Word created the heavens and the earth! Preach his word in season and out of season! Stay true to the truth of our Christ and do not fail to be faithful to him regardless of circumstances! Those circumstances are those living in darkness rejecting the light! James & Hamsa Sasse. IndiaJesusLovesYou.com

Light the Christmas Tree!

American’s are putting up their Christmas lights to remind us that the Light of Christ dispels the darkness of sin and disease including the Coronavirus! The Book of Leviticus instructs us about the Dietary Laws God has given us! Laws such as not eating animals that prey on other animals such as the bat! Consuming bats is a cultural food delicacy in China! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com

Light & Darkness!

The reason why the ancient world was so pure, light and secure was that it knew nothing of the two great scourges: the pox and Christianity.  Adolf Hitler   Comment: Like many today Hitler rejected Christ and embraced Darwin! He rejected the light and ushered in one of the darkest days for Europe and the world with WWII of the 20th Century amassing about 60 million casualties! His atheism was founded in Charles Darwin! He believed in the survival of the fittest! You need racism and war to prove you are the fittest! He believed he could speed up evolution by millions of years by getting rid of the undesirables! Darwinism also swept across America as it is taught as a pseudo science in our Public Schools! The political divide in America is a divide between creationists and evolutionists! All the leaders of the Axis Powers of WWII were Darwinists! The increasing persecution of Jews and Christians here in America by the political left reminds us that the lessons of history are easily forgotten by the next generations! Christ is the light of the world and when you push him out of any culture the vacuum is filled with darkness and death! James & Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com

Without the Holy Spirit?

You will find that for a smoking flax there is no specific like heaven’s oxygen, for a faint and flickering piety there is no cure comparable to the one without which all of our exertions are but an effort to light a lamp in a vacuum—the breath of the Holy Spirit. President James Hamilton (1814-1871)

Diamond in the Rough! Revelation 2:17

“He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; to him that overcometh will I give to eat the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.” Comment: Manna is bread from heaven! God fed the Jews this food on their journey through the wilderness! Jesus is the bread of life! The word Bethlehem means the House of Bread! God hides and stores up blessings for his own! The purest white stone is a diamond! The diamond reflects more light than any other stone! Jesus is the light of the world! He reflects the character of the Father! We are to reflect the light of Christ! The white gemstones are the modern birthstones for the month of April both in western and for the Hindu calendar! So what goes on in April? Easter! The only reason an object looks white is because it reflects more of the wavelength of the light spectrum! We are to reflect the light of God in our character! This has nothing to do with race or the color of our skin! As for our character we should when we look in a mirror see God! We were created in the image of God! When God looks in a mirror he should see you! What is meant by the words “New Name?” This word means new in quality! Jesus said we must be born again! Old things to be passed away all things new! You can never fix the old man! He must die! The word name means to describe the character of a person! The new name represents the character of the person named after the new name! The character of Christ! Whether good or evil our character represents who we follow! God or Satan! Without Christ any nation or cultural will move into darkness! This is what is happening to America! The popular cultural is at war with two colors now! Red and White! Why? These two colors are in our American flag! Why would they disrespect our flag? It is the colors! Red representing the blood of Christ or Salvation and white representing purity or the forgiveness of sin! This cultural war is a war on God and His Christ! The enemy will make every effort to get you to deny Christ! Never! Our future is with Christ forever and this short life here on earth is a test of your faith! In Islam at Mecca they worship a black stone! Darkness! We as Christians worship the light of the world Jesus Christ! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com

Wise Men! 536 B.C.

Zechariah 9:9 “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold thy King cometh unto thee; he is just, and having Salvation: lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.” Comment: Yes! Zachariah lived 5 centuries before our Messiah’s arrival yet he saw him coming! He saw Christ as many other prophet’s did with great detail hundreds of years before this event! Yet 2000+ years after Bethlehem many do not see him? The alternative to a wise man is a fool! There are no fools in Heaven! The fool has said in his heart there is no God! Many still deny God! Why? Pride! There are millions of little gods running around on planet earth trying to be God! The WANNABE’S of Hell! If you try to replace God you displace yourself away from God separated forever! You forfeit your place in Heaven! Two King’s are present at Christmas! King Herod and Jesus our King! The Kingdom of darkness and the Kingdom of light! No star is following us around! Zachariah looked forward and the wise men looked back! Both confirmed the truth of God’s Word! Do you want to be confirmed? Believe his word! Take Christ at his word! History confirms him how about you? Merry Christmas! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com

Mystery Solved! Revelation 1:20

Comment: The word mystery translated from the Greek means a sacred spiritual mystery! Something that is hidden but to be revealed later. This is why a believer in Christ lives by faith! We do not see everything about our faith immediately but God reveals himself to us in steps as we progress in following him! The word angels used here simply means a messenger! Someone with a message! It could be Gabriel however this word angel in the Greek can also mean a Bishop, Pastor or a designated elder! The word churches means a congregation of believers following Christ. I believe the angels were the seven Pastor’s of the seven churches in Asia Minor (Turkey).  This letter was for them! Some believe the Roman guards would have read John’s letters so he coded them so only the churches would understand what he was saying! When the Roman guards read these letters they probably thought John was crazy! I am sure the world today looks at us the same way! The foolishness of God is wiser than the wisdom of men! The reason the Romans released John from prison is probably because they thought he was not a threat to Caesar but just plain crazy! Remember the whole Book of Revelation is the unveiling or uncovering the mystery of Jesus Christ! Look for Jesus Christ as you read and study this Book! To those who have not received the Revelation of Jesus Christ this Book would look foolish yet to those who have received him it is the power of God! The stars and the candlesticks ultimately all point to Christ! There was a star over Bethlehem and Jesus is the light of the world! Let him light your path so you do not stumble in the darkness! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com

Real Fireworks! John 8:12

Greek Translation: “Then Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the day that is never quenched! I am the light of the sum of all person’s that have ever lived or ever will live! He that moves quickly following me in time shall not walk in the darkness of unhappiness and ruin but shall have my light in your life, in your spirit and soul.” Comment: Notice Jesus light will never be quenched though much of the world tries to snuff out the light! As the fireworks are going off in our neighborhood it is beginning to rain! This light is temporary and will die with the rain! The word life used here in this passage means the soul and spirit set apart from the physical body! Jesus is speaking to the eternal parts of us of soul and spirit! The first time light is used in our Bible is at creation in Genesis 1:3. The Hebrew word used there is associated with Salvation, prosperity, wisdom and justice! Do you notice Jesus is the fulfillment of all of these characteristics! Our life is to embody this nature of God! Since Jesus defeated sin for us on Calvary the door is open to us to receive the nature of God with all His attributes! Receive His Holy Spirit and all His love He has demonstrated to you on the Cross! Live in His power, salvation, prosperity, wisdom and justice! James and Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com