Defeating Darkness

John 1:9-13     The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.10 He came into the very world he created, but the world didn’t recognize him. 11 He came to his own people, and even they rejected him. 12 But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. 13 They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.

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(44) Jesus shouted to the crowds, “If you trust me, you are trusting not only me, but also God who sent me. (45) For when you see me, you are seeing the one who sent me. (46) I have come as a light to shine in this dark world, so that all who put their trust in me will no longer remain in the dark. (47) I will not judge those who hear me but don’t obey me, for I have come to save the world and not to judge it. (48) But all who reject me and my message will be judged on the day of judgment by the truth I have spoken. (49) I don’t speak on my own authority. The Father who sent me has commanded me what to say and how to say it. (50) And I know his commands lead to eternal life; so I say whatever the Father tells me to say.”
John 12:44-50 – NLT

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1.Jesus gives everyone the choice of whether to accept the light of God’s truth or Darkness of the devils lies(MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL)

2. The darkness within

1 John 1:5–7 (NLT) 
5 This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all. 6 So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. 7 But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin. 

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3. Living in the Light

a. helps us to avoid the dangers that are hidden in darkness(MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL)

b. illuminates God’s written Word the Bible(MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL)

c. eliminates confusion and brings clarity and hope(MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL)