And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants. (John 3:19-21)The reason the world does not want the Bible to be read in schools is that they do not want to see the light. They hate all that comes from God and want to stamp it out.
Those who hate God, who unfortunately have a lot of sway in modern America, will not go anywhere near the light. Even in situations where help is offered in countries or areas of the US that need it badly, if it comes from churches it will be refused.
The reason is that people like this are fools. Psalm 53:1 says: the fool has said in his heart there is no God.
And you can see the effect in our country today. The children are out of control, the schools are war zones, the teachers are afraid, our prisons are full and more are being built, teen pregnancy rate is high, things are going to pieces. The more those who hate God come into power, the more they control the courts, the more they dictate the laws and elect more people like them. And the more these things happen, the further down our country and our society goes.
You can see the results of that in Europe where the worship of God is definitely in the minority. You can see it in the violence in other countries, the immorality, the lack of any kind of ethic.
But the light keeps on coming. It has come for 2000 years and will continue until Jesus comes again.
Time and again, people have tried to stamp it out, have “prophesied” that it would be gone in another fifty years. As much as I like it, Star Trek: the Next Generation is based on the premise that humanity has evolved beyond the need for God.
Rarely is a movie seen with God anywhere near the characters. If Christians are portrayed, they are usually seen as mindless bigots and hypocrites.
But the light keeps on coming.
When I was a kid, I heard someone say something that always stuck with me. He said that ice cream parlors are well-lit and bars are dark.
While not necessarily always true, it does bear out a point. Walk into a bar and turn on the light and say, Well, let’s see who’s here. What would happen is people would become angry.
In general, where people are doing good things, the lights are on. Where they are not, the lights are off.
When people are in Christ, the Light is on. When they are not, it is off.
Praise the Light of the knowledge of God.
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