Shine a Light on Em

Scripture

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Hebrew: And he said…GOD! let he/there be LIGHT! and he/there was .. LIGHT!

GOD IS IN CONVERSATION WITH HIMSELF BECAUSE THER WAS NOBODY ELSE HE COULD CALL ON

AND I WONDER IF THERE’S ANYBODY ELSE IN HERE THAT KNOWS THAT WHEN THERE’S NOBODY ELSE YOU CAN CALL ON , THER’S GOD !

4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.

Introduction

BROOKLYN NATIVE WILL TRAXX WHO’S RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING A HIP HOP PARTY TRACK IN 2017 THAT CROSSED OVER MULTIPLE GENERATIONS

MILLINIALS AND GEN-Z

BABY BOOMERS AND GEN-X

HAVE ALL GRAVITATED TO AND PARTICIPATED IN THE PHENOMENON OF HIS SMASH HIT single entitled ...( SHINE A LIGHT ON EM )

now trust me, i know it’s Sunday morning and i respect orthodox liturgical worship but bear with me as i make a connection TO THE TEXT

BUT THIS SONG ALSO CALLED THE BIRTHDAY SONG FOSTERS A STRONG URGE TO DANCE AND CELEBRATE

more often it’s used at birthday celebrations. it’s the hip hop version of Stevie Wonders Hoppy Birthday

VERY QUICKLY ...

WHEN THE SONG COMES ON, THE STAGE IS USUALLY AREADY SET

THE SUPPORTERS OF THE HONOREE FORM TWO PARALLEL LINES WITH A PASSAGE WAY IN THE MIDDLE FOR THE HONOREE TO PROCESS THROUGH DANCING, WHILE SIMOTANIOUSLY THE REST OF THE CROWD IS SHOUTING WITH THE SONG.... “SHINE A LIGHT ON EM”

NOW THIS PART IS KEY BECAUSE THE LIGHTS HAVE TO BE DOWN .... NEARLY DARK

AND EVERYBODY WITH THERE PHONE IN THIER HAND OR A FLASHLIGHT SHINES THEIR LIGHT ON THE HONOREE AS THEY DANCE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE CROWD

IT’S THE SOUL TRAIN DANCE LINE ON STEROIDS

NOW BEFORE I TRANSITION… THE SECOND STANZA OF THE SONG REALLY DOES IT FOR ME

HE THEN BEGINS TO CHANT “MAKE ROOM, LET EM WORK” I WISH I HAD TIME.....

THIS IS ALL DONE WHILE THE LIGHTS ARE DEMMED

AND I COME ON THIS FOURTH SUNDAY TO RAISE THE RELEVANT QUESTION...

ARE THERE ANY WORSHIPPERS IN HERE...... THAT DON’T MIND DANCING.... IN THE DARK?

C’MON DON’T FOOL ME NOW

I MEAN ..LET ME BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU,

YOU LOOK MIGHTY NICE ....

YOUR HAIR IS COMBED

YOUR OUTFIT IS COORDINATED WELL..

AND YOUR ARE SHOES TIGHT

YOU MADE SURE OF THAT BEFORE YOU LEFT THE HOUSE BECAUSE MOMMA TOUGHT YOU RIGHT

BUT CAN I SUGGEST THAT I’M NOT SO NIEVE TO BELIEVE

THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU WALKED IN HERE LOOKING TO PAR

THAT EVERYTHING IS A, OK ON YOUR BLOCK

I WISH I HAD SOMEBODY...

BECAUSE ON THE OUTSIDE YOU LOOK REAL SUNNY

BUT ON THE INSIDE, SOME OF YOU ARE PARTLY CLOUDY

I DISCERN IT IN THE SPIRIT..

WHERE THE PARTLY CLOUDY FOLK AT??

ON THE OUTSIDE YOU SUNSHINE

BUT ON THE INSIDE IT’S RAINING

ON THE OUTSIDE IT’S SUNNY

BU ON THE INSIDE YOU GOT SEVERE THUNDER STORMS

AND I DIDN’T COME TO DEPRESS YOU THIS MORNING

BUT I CAME BECAUSE I WANNA SUGGEST THAT I GOT A SNEAKY SUSPICION

THAT THERE ARE SOME BONAFIDE WORSHIPPERS IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD THIS MORNING

THAT UMM... DON’T MIND....... DANCING..... IN THE DARK

YOU SHOWED UP THIS MORNING AND YOU GOT SOME

STUFF GOING ON AND RELATIVELY SPEAKING YOU CAN’T SEE YOUR WAY THROUGH BUT YOU STILL SHOWED UP BECAUSE YOU DON’T MIND DANCING IN THE DARK

AND I’M WITH YOU BECAUSE I WOKE UP THIS MORNING

AND I WAS GLAD WHEN THEY SAID UNTO ME LET US GO TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD ...

MATTER FACT I BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO SUNDAY ALL WEEK LONG

BUT IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD I HAD TO DRAGG.... MYSELF HERE

CAUSE IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD

I GOT SOME STUFF GOING ON

SOME PAST DUE BILLS THAT I DON’T SEE HOW THEY GONA GET PAID

I GOT SSOME ISSUES WITH MY FAMILY

SOME ISSUES WITH MY HEALTH

Light has both physical and philosophical aspects. And we have no reason from the language of Genesis 1 to demand that this light was EITHER one OR the other. Every hermeneutic I know of would insist on interpreting this as BOTH physical AND philosophical light. In fact, I suggest that the light created here was nothing less that the very knowledge, word, power and righteousness of God shining forth as His word was uttered. And this light that was spoken was not created, per se, but a sudden revelation or translation of the knowledge, goodness, power, love and righteousness of very God into the physical medium we call light.

Light—the absence of darkness

A. Kinds of:

Cosmic

Gen. 1:3–5

Natural

Judg. 19:26

Miraculous

Acts 12:7

Artificial

Acts 16:29

B. Descriptive of God’s:

Nature

1 John 1:5

Word

Ps. 119:105

Wisdom

Dan. 2:21, 22

Guidance

Ps. 78:14; Ps. 89:15

Favor

Ps. 4:6

C. Descriptive of Christ’s:

Preincarnation

John 1:4–9

Person

2 Cor. 4:6

Prediction

Is. 42:6

Presentation to the world

Luke 2:32

Proclamation

John 8:12

Perfection in glory

Rev. 21:23, 24

D. Descriptive of Christians as:

Forerunners

John 5:35

Examples

Matt. 5:14, 16

Missionaries

Matt. 10:27

Transformed people

Eph. 5:8–14

Heirs of glory

Rev. 21:23

Definition

Visual Sensation; Contrast darkness ( Luminary )

the biblical contrast of light and darkness

the metaphor of darkness