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.