Text: Matthew 5:14-16
1 Peter 1:10-12
The sun can be described as a ball of fire millions of light years
away from the earth. However, energy and radiation travel through that distance
in the form of light to illuminate the earth and cause the natural life cycle
to continue. Without the sun, the earth would have neither light nor life.
The bible uses this type and shadow of the sun to describe Jesus in Malachi
4:2. He is the true Sun that gives life and illuminates every darkness. The Christian
today is often perplexed by the level of “gross darkness” that seems to
surround the world. We hail from Zion and we are not of this world but we live
here, albeit temporarily. The church has become the recruitment centre for God
defying artiste’s and stars and the adversary’s propaganda is being preached on
every nook and cranny of the internet highway. Every day, believers are
compromising their beliefs when they should be standing out. The work Jesus did
on Calvary wasn’t to give salvation alone. No! You became a Joint heir with Him
and walk in the same resurrection power that raised Jesus from the dead (Rom
8:11).
