The Coming of the Light of the World Part 8 of 10
“For you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord. Walk as children of Light for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth” (Ephesians 5:8-9).
Notice this timeline. You were FORMERLY darkness. But now, today and every day, “you are Light in the Lord.” You are ALWAYS in the Light. Now as children of Light, let’s walk according to our new identity. Let’s display the fruits of who we already are; goodness, righteousness, and truth.
“Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light” (Romans 13:12).
Let’s lay aside that former way of life. Let’s lay aside those deeds of darkness. Even though we no longer walk in darkness, we can carry out dark deeds. We still sin. We still walk according to the flesh at times. We may even go as far as to “look” like a lost person; to “look” like we are walking in darkness. But as a child of God, you are always in the Light.
And we find the power to lay those dark deeds aside by putting on the “armor of light.” By putting on Christ. He is our Light. He is our armor. And by virtue of His Light living in us, we have everything we need to “lay aside the deeds of darkness” and to walk in the Light and the power of our indwelling Savior.
We are clothed with the armor of Light because Jesus is the Light of the world!