TURN ON THE LIGHTS

John 3:18–22 KJV (WS)

He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 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. After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.

Condemnation - the expression of very strong disapproval; censure. The action of condemning someone to a punishment; sentencing.

Light - the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible. Jesus is the Light.

Darkest - this demonic system motivated by satan.

Reproved - express severe disapproval of (someone or something), especially in a formal statement.

Threefold Use Of The Moral Laws Of God

In theology, there is much discussion of the threefold use of the God’s law.

1. The first is the political use, in which moral law is used as a solid basis for deciding what makes good or bad law in the political arena.

a. What constitutes a marriage.

b. murder

Leviticus 24:17 KJV (WS)

And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death.

2. The second use of the law is the pedagogical use of the law, in which the law is a teacher.

For Example: Their fears were compounded by the declining or little knowledge of the Holocaust among young students.

A 2020 survey, for example, found 63% of young adults, including millennials and those in Generation Z, didn’t know that 6 million Jews perished in the Holocaust.

a. Sodom and Gomorrah

b. The flood of Noah only eight people out of the entire world was saved.

In ancient times, the teacher would make sure the student was focused on his studies, disciplining him if he was not.

In the same way, the law convicts people of their sin, exposing them and helping them to see their sin more clearly through the mirror of the law.

When the law has served this function, the sinner is driven to God’s grace in Christ. Since sinners are saved by grace alone, by faith alone, and through Christ alone, those who have trusted in Christ are in a sense not under the law.

Romans 6:14 KJV (WS)

For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

“You are not under law, but under grace” with respect to salvation. At the same time, that does not mean that people are now free to sin.

It is the law that continually reminds sinners of their need for Christ and their inability to attain salvation in their own strength.

3. The law has a third use as a principle or as a guide.

It shows us what is right, helping us to be discerning in the tangled jungle of moral decisions that we have to face.

Because of the church’s focus on the second use of the law, this third use has often been forgotten.

God’s law and the preaching of the gospel has been slowly and slowly removed from the fabric of every institution of learning.

Homes

Churches

schools

colleges

Media Outlets

Isaiah 5:20 KJV (WS)

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

They have no sense or consciousness of right and wrong. Everything they feel like doing is right in their own eyes. They completely reverse evil and good, darkness and light, bitter and sweet.

2 Thessalonians 2:10 KJV (WS)

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

2 Thessalonians 2:11 KJV (WS)

And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:

This states the reason God will permit such strong delusion at this time.

If men determine to go to hell, there is nothing further that God can do to rescue them.

Matthew 25:41 KJV (WS)

Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

Romans 1:21–32 KJV (WS)

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.