enlightened thinking individuals live in darkness because the Lord Jesus
Christ is the light of the world.
Prayer for the Week: Almighty God, whose Son our Savior Jesus
Christ is the light of the world: Grant that your people, illumined by your Word and Sacraments, may shine with the radiance of Christ's glory, that he may be known, worshipped, and obeyed to the ends of the earth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, now and for ever.
When a light was turned on, it was often accompanied by prayers reflecting on how
Christ was the light of the world.
Not exact matches
that
's Satan 2Cor 4:4 In whom the god
of this
world hath blinded the minds
of them which believe not, lest the
light of the glorious gospel
of Christ, who
is the image
of God, should shine unto them.
«Healing hands
of God have mercy on our unclean souls once again / Jesus
Christ light of the
world, burning bright within our hearts forever / Freedom means love without condition without a beginning or an end / Here
's my heart, let it
be forever yours.»
At the same time, we recognize that, during the past five hundred years, the Holy Spirit, the Supreme Magisterium
of God, has
been faithfully at work among theologians and exegetes in both Catholic and Evangelical communities, bringing to
light and enriching our understanding
of important biblical truths in such matters as individual spiritual growth and development, the mission
of Christ's Church, Christian worldview thinking, and moral and social issues in today's
world.
This coming Sunday, Christians all around the
world — in churches and in homes and in refugee camps and on the streets — will
light the first candle, the Hope candle, to open Advent, the traditional season
of preparation for the coming
of the
Christ - child as well as the reminder that
Christ is coming again.
He took the tree and made it stand for the fact that
Christ never dies, and
is the
Light of the
world.
2 Corinthians 4:3 - 4 KJV But if our gospel
be hid, it
is hid to them that
are lost: [4] In whom the god
of this
world hath blinded the minds
of them which believe not, lest the
light of the glorious gospel
of Christ, who
is the image
of God, should shine unto them.
To those who follow
Christ in this way, the fortunes
of the institutional church
are of limited interest What matters most
is so to abide in
Christ and for
Christ to abide in the believer that the divine love may radiate the fellowship
of believers and bring
light to the
world.
Whether we
are part
of a man made church fellowship or
Christ centered church fellowship we
are called to love and to
be light in a dark
world.
that
IS the «END» until the return
of Christ - your
world could end tonight, tomorrow or whenever God say's so —
be mindful
of that and do nt focus so much on «Man Made Religion» — when God calls you home...
lights out, party over, The End!
2 Corinthians 4:4 In their case the god
of this
world has blinded the minds
of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the
light of the gospel
of the glory
of Christ, who
is the image
of God.
Christianity
is about taking what
is in the
world (the kingdom
of darkness) and redeeming it through Jesus
Christ, bringing it into the kingdom
of light.
But could it
be that in
light of what the rest
of the Bible says, the
world, and even many Christians, have a terribly incorrect view
of what
Christ is actually teaching?
But wherever we stand, Easter
is the season where all Christians should join in remembering how Jesus
Christ, the
light of the
world, won a victory over the forces
of darkness by his resurrection from the dead.
It sums up, as no other book has ever done, the total impression
of Christ upon men: he
is the
Light of the
World, the Lamb
of God, the Resurrection and the Life.
In the first place, so far as its theological aspect
is concerned, we can see that those who respond in faith to Jesus
Christ are impelled to read the whole
of human existence, indeed the whole
of their experience
of the created
world, in the
light of that which has taken place in that important moment.
This means that the
world in its adulthood «
is no really better understood than it understands itself, namely on the basis
of the gospel and in the
light of Christ.
Neville i liked what you wrote some really good points and churchs today
are still making a difference in society though society
is becoming more secular.My thinking
is as the
world gets darker and as it moves away from christian principles the
light of Christ in believers will grow proportionately brighter.We
are here to make a difference we
are in the the
world but not
of the
world.In
Christ we have
been given life and
light to share with those in darkness so that they might have there freedom.brentnz
2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god
of this
world hath blinded the minds
of them which believe not, lest the
light of the glorious gospel
of Christ, who
is the image
of God, should shine unto them.
The function
of worship
is to make us more sensitive to these depths; to focus, sharpen and deepen our response to the
world and to other people beyond the point
of proximate concern (
of liking, self - interest, limited commitment, etc.) to that
of ultimate concern; to purify and correct our loves in the
light of Christ's love; and in him to find the grace and power to
be the reconciled and reconciling community.
A common motif for a relevant theology needs to
be centered upon action and reflection arising out
of a commitment to Jesus
Christ as Lord and the desire both to understand and to act with God in the
light of a corrupt and changing
world.
A more pictorial and naturalistic but no less conceptualized variation on this approach
is the popular painting by William Holman Hunt, The
Light of the
World (1851 - 1853), in which
Christ knocks at the allegorical door
of the heart, waiting to enlighten it with his lamp
of truth.
When we read this passage in the
light of the situation today, our eyes
are opened to the amazing inroads
of the church
of Christ in the Third
World nations, which may indicate a new Pentecost, a sign
of the last times.
For the
Christ who loved us, called us and gave himself for us said, «I
am the
light of the
world.»
This defense
of the accuracy
of the Fourth Gospel in reporting the words
of Jesus
is undertaken, in spite
of what must appear to the disinterested student insuperable obstacles, because to these lovers
of the Gospel the alternative seems to
be surrendering the authenticity
of some
of the most precious and manifestly true
of Christ's reported words: «I
am the bread
of life... I
am the
light of the
world... I
am the good shepherd... If you continue in my words... you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free... He that drinketh
of this water shall thirst again, but whosoever drinketh
of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst... I
am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in me, though he
were dead, yet shall he live... I
am the way, the truth and the life; no one cometh to the Father but by me»... and many more.
It
is the problem
of how to understand the meaning
of the symbol «
Christ» (or any other man - centered religious symbol, for that matter) in the
light of the immensity
of the universe, the heliocentric system
of planets, the infinitely small part
of the universe which man and his history constitute, and the possibility
of other «
worlds» in which divine self - manifestations may appear and
be received.
In whom the god
of this
world hath blinded the minds
of them which believe not, lest the
light of the glorious gospel
of Christ, who
is the image
of God, should shine unto them.
Will he support the «
light of freedom» and the «mark
of liberty» that the leader
of the free
world is placing as the «god
of fortesses» above the One True Way
of Christ and
of the One and Only Creator?
There
are two spiritual realms that reach into our
world, the realm
of darkness which
is ruled by Satan, and the realm
of light, the Kingdom
of God with
Christ as its Head.
i have a painting at home which i did 5 or 6 years ago
of a figure standing behind golden bars
of light the painting depicts i mysef as
christ bringing to surface the ideas
of cosmic conciousness to to the
world around us there
is great symmetry in the simplicity
of both paintings if
christ was alive today he might well
be looking at the
world though caged iron bars
The practices become Christian when they
're lived in
light of and in response to God's active presence for the
world in
Christ.
But I would argue that it
was Christ himself who said, «You
are the salt
of the earth, and you
are the
light of the
world.
They will know that whatever may
be the real and ultimate truth
of God's
being and purpose (and it must
be, in the nature
of the case, far beyond our knowing), we never approach so near to that truth as when we say with Paul, «God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we
were yet sinners,
Christ died for us,» or with the author
of the Fourth Gospel, «God so loved the
world that he gave his only begotten son,» or with still another
of those upon whom the
light first shone,» Because
of the great love wherewith he hath loved us, God hath made us, who
were dead in sins, to live again with
Christ.»
We looking outside
world for answer, who can close the eyes and detach themselves from the
world and simply merge in the goodness and love in heart and feel the best what we have, never worry or argue the different name
of God or argue who
is superior or inferior, the people who argues never even know himself or herself and started defying anything which cant be define, We can answer the very question of God and super power, it is not complicated, close the eyes, breath deeply and start detaching yourself from outside world and stop controlling your body, your thoughts, your so called worldly knowledge, ego and just feel the power and light within, you sure will get answer, it wont be Christ, Krishna, Allah, Those names wont matter, You will merge into supreme strength, and peace, we will have answer then, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ANSWER LOOKING INSIDE OUT, WHEN ANSWER IS WITHI
is superior or inferior, the people who argues never even know himself or herself and started defying anything which cant
be define, We can answer the very question
of God and super power, it
is not complicated, close the eyes, breath deeply and start detaching yourself from outside world and stop controlling your body, your thoughts, your so called worldly knowledge, ego and just feel the power and light within, you sure will get answer, it wont be Christ, Krishna, Allah, Those names wont matter, You will merge into supreme strength, and peace, we will have answer then, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ANSWER LOOKING INSIDE OUT, WHEN ANSWER IS WITHI
is not complicated, close the eyes, breath deeply and start detaching yourself from outside
world and stop controlling your body, your thoughts, your so called worldly knowledge, ego and just feel the power and
light within, you sure will get answer, it wont
be Christ, Krishna, Allah, Those names wont matter, You will merge into supreme strength, and peace, we will have answer then, IT
IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ANSWER LOOKING INSIDE OUT, WHEN ANSWER IS WITHI
IS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND ANSWER LOOKING INSIDE OUT, WHEN ANSWER
IS WITHI
IS WITHIN,
The child
is named at the ceremony, signed with the sign
of the cross, welcomed as a member
of the church, which
is the family
of God, and his or her parents
are perhaps given a
lighted candle, which symbolizes
Christ, who
is the
Light of the
world.
Theologians such as Joseph C. Hough have since insisted that the congregation needs to
be analyzed «in the
light of the universal theological dialogue in the church about the mission and ministry
of the church as the body
of Christ in the
world» (in Dudley, Building Effective Ministry, 112), but most theological studies
of the church since 1970 do not analyze the local church.
Speaking
of his hopes for 2018
were that «the
light of Christ continues to shine» and that we
are all a good example
of Christians and a mirror
of Christ's
light into the
world.
We believe in one Lord Jesus
Christ, the only begotten Son
of God, begotten
of his Father before all
worlds, God
of God,
Light of Light, very God
of very God, begotten, not made,
being of one substance with the Father.
2 Corin 4:4 In their case the god
of this
world has blinded the minds
of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the
light of the gospel
of the glory
of Christ, who
is the image
of God.
What we need to do
is to return to the Biblical principles on how the church should
be (such as
being a community
of love,
being a
light and salt for the
world,
being united in
Christ, etc, etc.) We donâ $ ™ t need new principles.
Not that the conviction on the part
of Christians that
Christ, rightly understood,
is «the
light of the
world» would have had to
be offensive; but the claim that Hinduism, whatever its form,
was all darkness and that Christianity, whatever its expression,
is all
light.
2:13) and it can
be argued that
Christ brought the presence
of God to those who had lived before that definitive choice, which his coming involved, «for this
is the judgement, that the
light has come into the
world, and men loved darkness rather than
light.»
In
Christ God
is the
light and life
of the
world.
«But if our GOSPEL
be hid, it
is hid to them that
are lost: In whom the god
of this
world hath blinded the minds
of them which BELIEVE not, lest the
light of the glorious gospel
of Christ, who
is the image
of God, should shine unto them.»
«But if our gospel
be hid, it
is hid to them that
are lost: In whom the god
of this
world hath blinded the minds
of them which believe not, lest the
light of the glorious gospel
of Christ, who
is the image
of God, should shine unto them.»
Those
are, indeed, all matters
of life and death, and the church must deal with them if it truly wants to
be the Body
of Christ, and a
light to the
world and salt and leaven.
2 Corinthians 4:3 - 4 «But if OUR GOOD NEWS
be hid, it
is hid to them that
are lost: In whom the god
of this
world hath blinded the minds
of them which believe not, lest the
light of the glorious gospel
of Christ, who
is the image
of God, should shine unto them.»
To see otherwise
is a refusal to see the
world in the
light of that other
world which
Christ opened for us, namely, the kingdom
of God.