Romans 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

Yesterday I posted the results of a web search at biblegateway.com. I made no comment about the results. I saved that for today. What I found so intriguing about the results was the progression of scriptures that is literally stepping out of the darkness and into the light.

That first verse indicates self-defilement, what we do to ourselves alone without Christ. The last verse is so powerful, it is walking with the Lord and standing against the devil by holding fast the name and faith of Jesus Christ.

There is a steady progression of attitudes and results as we examine those results. The pride of life in Ecclesiastes, the hiding of our faces in Isaiah, and the declaration that the Lord is coming for you in Jeremiah.

Daniel begins the acknowledgement of God’s sovereignty and surrender to His Lordship. From there on into the New Testament there is the worship and glory of what the Lord has done in us. Not that we have done anything of ourselves, by our own will, but by the mere fact that we are in Christ, and He takes care of His own.

It is such a perfect picture of the gospel of Christ and answered simply by asking the bible one poignant question, “Who Works In” me. Darkness? Or Light?

If you can see yourself in darkness, come out of the darkness and step into the light.

John 8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Biblegateway search results for Who Works In

Psalm 106:39 Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own

Ecclesiastes 3:22 Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

 Ecclesiastes 11:5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

 Isaiah 29:15 Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

 Jeremiah 1:16 And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.

 Daniel 4:37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.

 2 Timothy 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

 Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

 Revelation 2:13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.