Post tenebras lux
After Darkness Light
Portion: John 8:12
Why are we learning this?
To understand the Bible as a whole:
The Bible talks from Genesis to Revelation that God is not unlike any gods that nations believe. He is a God who loves to be with people. He made people in His Image and wants to have communion - relationship - face to face meeting with people
To understand the Trinity:
We have seen what Trinity is: The Father is God, the Son is God and the Spirit is God. They are not ⅓ God - each person is 100% God, and there is only 1 God. The 3 are One.
Jesus is God: Jesus uses the same portion that God used in the story of Israel (I AM) to say that Jesus is the same God
There are almost 300 times the statement is used
Jesus used the Exodus to teach us the kingdom of God
Portions we looked last time (Spiritual Darkness/ Need of Light)
We too walked in darkness
John 1:4, John 8:12, John 3:19-20
Psalm 139: 11,12 - Comfort in darkness + Psalm 18:28
Isaiah 9:2 - People who walked in darkness /Physical darkness, Spiritual Darkness
Luke 11:34-35
Psalm 119:130 - the unfolding of the Word gives light
1 Peter 2:9 - why we are called
Revelation 21:23 - The future
Portions we looked now
Job 17:12: Job says that there is light after darkness - this is the motto of reformation
Psalm 36:9: We see light in his light - its in his light that we see what is true
1 John 1:5: God is light
John 9:4,5: Jesus is Light
John 12:35: Walk in light = Walk in truth
Proverbs 4:18: Walk in truth
John 8:12: Walk in the Light
1 Thessalonians 5:5: We are Children of the light
Habakkuk 2:14: The earth is filled with God’s glory as the seas have water
John 1:9: Tue light came to the world
John 3:20: No one who does evil comes to the light
Acts 26:18: Purpose of the church is to turn people from darkness to the light
How then should we live our lives
We are living a life in exodus, we been saved by the Passover lamb, we are on our journey to the promised land, our walk is through this desert with oppression
So we walk under the guidance of God
God was there in day as cloud
God was there in night as pillar of fire
The people stopped when the cloud / fire stopped
They were guided
God was their light & their path (your Word is a lamp to my feet, light to path)
Exodus 13: 21-22 : The people were guided by the God
It was God who lead them from Egypt (slavery/sin) - it was God who brought them to the land - Your Salvation is God’s project of Love
We walk under the guidance of the Holy Spirit ( Isaiah 30:21)
This is why we are people of the Spirit - We need to be in relationship with Holy Spirit
Exodus 14:24: The people were protected
Psalm 105: 39 : The people were given covering - He watches over you
In night warmth
In day Shade
The Sun may not hurt you, nor the moon (Psalm 121:6,7)
They were shielded from the enemies
There enemies were not able to touch them and they were confused
See Isaiah 59:19 -- When storms come, God changes his standard of protection
Like how fire destroys, so does a Holy fire destroy our sin daily - Only by the baptism of Fire (active living with the Holy Spirit)
The fire shielded them from behind - there is no sin that the devil can accuse you of ( Rom 8:1)
Numbers 14:14: They were people who were different
God was not just a festival thing
God to Israel was a reality, a daily, active person - who they knew
God was there - They knew God was there.
They were led to walk through a raging sea
The Holy Spirit gives us boldness (Acts 4:31, Romans 8:31–32, Philippians 1:19, Ephesians 6:20)
Deuteronomy 1:33: God made his provision
We do not have to seek our wells to drink - God makes us
Psalm 23: 2 : He leads me to fresh water
It is God who gives us our blessings
It is God who gives us our bread
It is God who knows our thirst / hunger ( Matthew 15:32, Matthew 9:36, )
He offers us the free drink (Revelations 22:17, John 7:37, Isaiah 55:1)
Exodus 40:34-38: They were sealed, people who God moved with constantly
Their lives were ordained by God
We have to walk in step with the Spirit (Gal 5:16)
Our life has to be in the reminder that God walks with us
They stopped when God told them to stop, went when God told them to go.
So should our lives be.
SUMMARY
- under the guidance of God
- with the presence of God (Holy Spirit)
- under the protection of God
- with the provision of God
- being transformed and renewed by God
- with God carrying us and leading us with the Word and Spirit
Download the notes below:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tQdleC3YvYRqRTK0K3W0tBvJ7TJ4KDBXgxEcPTdzU7E/edit?usp=sharing
Additional Resources
Why Post Tenebras Lux: https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/onsite/browning/Lesson10.pdf
A better sermon on the same topic by A B Simpson: https://img.sermonindex.net/modules/articles/article_pdf.php?aid=40020
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