Living as Sons of Light in Spiritual Awareness
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"Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you, for you yourselves know accurately that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night, while people are saying there is peace and security, then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape." [00:17:31]
"But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to overtake you like a thief, for you are all sons of light, sons of the day. We are not of the night or of darkness, so Father as we ponder what it is to be sons of light, sons of the day in regard to the arrival of the day of the Lord like a thief in the night, teach us, Lord, who we are and how to be ready for the day of the Lord." [00:59:04]
"Christians and non-Christians live the same 24 hours, right? I'm in the day the same time unbelievers are in the day, and I'm in the dark the same time unbelievers are in the dark, namely at night. But Paul says no, you're not, so he doesn't mean here physical darkness. You are not in spiritual darkness for that day of the Lord to overtake you like a thief." [02:14:00]
"There is a darkness that is spiritual, and we're not in it, and there is a light that is spiritual, and we are children of it. What does that mean to be sons of the light and not sons of darkness? Here's the way Jesus talked about it, and I think this probably shapes the way the church thought about it." [04:18:00]
"To be a child of someone is to do what they do, have the same orientation towards what life is for and what you do with it. But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did, so you're out of step with Abraham. You're not his children. Children are in step with their father." [04:50:00]
"How do you get to be that way? How did these people become sons of light and different from those people who are saying there's peace, there's security, and then destruction suddenly comes upon them at the day of the Lord? Paul describes how here in II Corinthians 4. The god of this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers." [06:18:00]
"For God, who said, let light shine out of darkness back in Genesis 1 to bring light into the universe, has done something similar in our hearts. He has shown in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. That is how we became children of light." [07:22:00]
"Light was spoken, let there be light was spoken, and it's shown into an unbeliever's heart, and this blindness was taken away by this light. So when he says we are sons of light and sons of the day, he means God has spoken into your life such a spiritual sight that now the gospel and the glory of Christ are bright with truthfulness and beauty and worth." [07:50:00]
"While you have the light, believe in the light that you may become sons of light. This is really provocative, isn't it? So the very phrase sons of light is used by Jesus there just like it is Paul here, same in English, same in Greek, very same phrase. And this term catalabe overtake you, don't let the darkness overtake you." [10:09:00]
"The day of the Lord is coming. It's going to be sudden, and for the unbeliever who is oblivious to spiritual reality and just saying peace and security, it's going to mean sudden destruction. But you are not in spiritual darkness so that the night hits you like a thief. It won't, for that day will not overtake you like a thief." [11:00:00]
"You are instead inhabited by Jesus, the light of the world, and he is causing you to be like his spiritual DNA, his works, his love, his will, yours, so that you are a chip off the old block. You are marked by the light that is Christ. We are not of the night. We are not of darkness. We will not be destroyed at the coming of the Lord. We will be blessed." [11:36:00]
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"But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to overtake you like a thief, for you are all sons of light, sons of the day. We are not of the night or of darkness, so Father as we ponder what it is to be sons of light, sons of the day in regard to the arrival of the day of the Lord like a thief in the night, teach us, Lord, who we are and how to be ready for the day of the Lord." [00:59:04]
"Christians and non-Christians live the same 24 hours, right? I'm in the day the same time unbelievers are in the day, and I'm in the dark the same time unbelievers are in the dark, namely at night. But Paul says no, you're not, so he doesn't mean here physical darkness. You are not in spiritual darkness for that day of the Lord to overtake you like a thief." [02:14:00]
"There is a darkness that is spiritual, and we're not in it, and there is a light that is spiritual, and we are children of it. What does that mean to be sons of the light and not sons of darkness? Here's the way Jesus talked about it, and I think this probably shapes the way the church thought about it." [04:18:00]
"To be a child of someone is to do what they do, have the same orientation towards what life is for and what you do with it. But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did, so you're out of step with Abraham. You're not his children. Children are in step with their father." [04:50:00]
"How do you get to be that way? How did these people become sons of light and different from those people who are saying there's peace, there's security, and then destruction suddenly comes upon them at the day of the Lord? Paul describes how here in II Corinthians 4. The god of this world has blinded the minds of unbelievers." [06:18:00]
"For God, who said, let light shine out of darkness back in Genesis 1 to bring light into the universe, has done something similar in our hearts. He has shown in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. That is how we became children of light." [07:22:00]
"Light was spoken, let there be light was spoken, and it's shown into an unbeliever's heart, and this blindness was taken away by this light. So when he says we are sons of light and sons of the day, he means God has spoken into your life such a spiritual sight that now the gospel and the glory of Christ are bright with truthfulness and beauty and worth." [07:50:00]
"While you have the light, believe in the light that you may become sons of light. This is really provocative, isn't it? So the very phrase sons of light is used by Jesus there just like it is Paul here, same in English, same in Greek, very same phrase. And this term catalabe overtake you, don't let the darkness overtake you." [10:09:00]
"The day of the Lord is coming. It's going to be sudden, and for the unbeliever who is oblivious to spiritual reality and just saying peace and security, it's going to mean sudden destruction. But you are not in spiritual darkness so that the night hits you like a thief. It won't, for that day will not overtake you like a thief." [11:00:00]
"You are instead inhabited by Jesus, the light of the world, and he is causing you to be like his spiritual DNA, his works, his love, his will, yours, so that you are a chip off the old block. You are marked by the light that is Christ. We are not of the night. We are not of darkness. We will not be destroyed at the coming of the Lord. We will be blessed." [11:36:00]
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