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THE GOD THAT SEPARATES
By Dr. Tony Smart
Genesis 1:4
And God saw the light,
that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
We serve a God who distinguishes truth from fallacy,
righteousness from unrighteousness, light from darkness, good from evil.
This separates God from the impersonal mystical "force" that some serve
that has good and evil as two sides of the same power. God distinguishes
between holiness and unholiness because HE is holy and HE wants us to
live holy lives (1Peter 1:15-16).
Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked
is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Wherever there is absence of God’s righteousness
there will darkness. This darkness is not physical absence of light, but
rather the absence of spiritual light. It is the result of not having a
spiritual relationship with God.
One of the problems in today’s culture is the attempt
by some to redefine darkness as if it were light; wrong as if it were
right. Note what the prophet Isaiah stated in Isaiah 5:20:
Woe unto them that call
evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for
darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
"Woe" is an expression of sadness or shame because of
the practice of defining evil things as though they were good things. A
modern day example of this would be "same sex marriage." The practice is
a blatant disregard of God’s Law and nature’s laws. Nevertheless, there
are some that would seek to include it into society as an "alternative
lifestyle." But if we already have marriage defined as a heterosexual
legal and moral union between a man and a woman and God defined this as
being very good (Genesis 1:31), why do we need to pervert the definition
of marriage? The truth is we don’t have to do any such thing. We who
know the God who separates truth from error and light from darkness need
not change our truth into a lie to please a fallen culture that is
walking in darkness.
The light of the world is Jesus (John 8:12) those
that follow HIM wish to be taught and led righteously. Those that seek a
new definition that obscures the light and blur the truth have an evil
agenda and are separated from the light and are stumbling in darkness.
There is no need to follow them. When you follow Jesus you separate from
the darkness that seeks to oppress the true and right work that
identifies you as a child of God. The only dark area in a Christian’s
life is the place where Christ is not ruling. |
