Your Identity!
1 Thessalonians 5:5 – Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Every person or animal or thing has an identity. This identity can be specific or general. We as humans we have our identity but there is a more solid and powerful identity that supersedes all.
We are the children of light this is by virtue of our belief in the Light (John 1:5, John 3:19). This directly means that as we are children of light we have the Light’s life and no power can control our life except the Light and the Life. You and I have been illuminated by Jesus Christ and we should continue in this light because that is our identity.
The second part of the scripture makes us to understand that as children of light and not of darkness, there are some things which we are not to do. We are not to do the works of darkness; we are not to do the works of the night [Romans 13:12, Ephesians 5:11]. Anything that is not of Christ is the work of darkness; ranging from anger, pride, disobedience, rebellion, illicit sex [lesbianism, homosexuality, bestiality and other], murder and so on [Galatians 5:19-21, Ephesians 5:3-5, Colossians 3:5, 1 Corinthians 6:9].
Pray to the Holy Spirit to help you to always work as a child of the Light and never to leave the light. Continue to believe right and do right. Shalom!
1 Thessalonians 5:5 – Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
Every person or animal or thing has an identity. This identity can be specific or general. We as humans we have our identity but there is a more solid and powerful identity that supersedes all.
We are the children of light this is by virtue of our belief in the Light (John 1:5, John 3:19). This directly means that as we are children of light we have the Light’s life and no power can control our life except the Light and the Life. You and I have been illuminated by Jesus Christ and we should continue in this light because that is our identity.
The second part of the scripture makes us to understand that as children of light and not of darkness, there are some things which we are not to do. We are not to do the works of darkness; we are not to do the works of the night [Romans 13:12, Ephesians 5:11]. Anything that is not of Christ is the work of darkness; ranging from anger, pride, disobedience, rebellion, illicit sex [lesbianism, homosexuality, bestiality and other], murder and so on [Galatians 5:19-21, Ephesians 5:3-5, Colossians 3:5, 1 Corinthians 6:9].
Pray to the Holy Spirit to help you to always work as a child of the Light and never to leave the light. Continue to believe right and do right. Shalom!
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