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THE SPIRITUAL ESSENCE OF THE LIGHT (transcript)

About three months ago I preached a message in this church on a Sunday titled 'The Spiritual Significance of Light', tonight's message 'The Spiritual Essence Of The Light' is a similar message, so I will touch on many of the things I touched on from the former message.
We are looking into the subject of LIGHT tonight because of what the Lord laid in my heart about the year ahead.

What is light ? 
It is the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.
Light is illumination, brightness, lustre, a glow, a dazzle. 
For example lamps and light bulbs shine light that is electrically powered.
 The sun shines forth light that is used for solar energy. 
Every form of light is generated from a source.

So lamps, lanterns, torch lights, light bulbs and the sun are different forms of light sources that are useful to us. Light is always useful!
As light is useful physically, it is ALSO useful spiritually. Light is significant and Jesus identified with it. Jesus even called himself THE LIGHT.

Everything positive, everything divine, everything good, everything Holy, everything pure, and everything God is represented by light. 
1 Timothy 6:16

Light is love because God is love. 1 John 1:5
Light symbolizes that which is good and perfect. James 1:17
The messengers of God reflect His light. Hebrews 12:22
God's Kingdom is a Kingdom of light. Colosians 1:3
Jesus is the light of the world. John 8:12
God's Word is Light. John 1:4-5
God's children are referred to as light. Ephesians 5:8

The Holy Spirit is also referred to as Light.The Light in Jesus when He walked this earth was powered by the Holy Spirit.
So we see that God, His Kingdom, His messengers, His Word, His Spirit are referred to as light. 
So light is who God is. Light is used to symbolize love and every worthy virtue.
Light is the very fiber of God's Kingdom, light is the essence of God, light is who God is, light is the nature in God's children.
It is very important we step into the new year with God's light! It is very important we have the light of life within us in the year 2015. Jesus is that light because He is everything God is, He is the fullness of the God head. 
Colossians 2:9
With this in mind we need Jesus to help us navigate through the year ahead successfully.
In the year 2015 we can win by righteousness, we can win by the light of God, we can succeed God's way, we don't need to cut corners.
Jesus is the light we need, He is the light that gives life.
The path of the believer is made clear by light. 
Proverbs 4:18

Everything that has to do with direction, paths and movement in the scriptures and in God's kingdom is a work of the Holy Spirit. 
Genesis 1:2
John 8:14
For the year ahead we need the Lord Jesus more than ever before, and we need the Spirit that was at work in Him when He walked this earth.
We see in the Bible that Jesus didn't have the fullness of God's light until the Holy Spirit had come. 
It was after He was full of the Spirit that He could proclaim in John 8:12, that He is the Light of the world.
The Holy Spirit is the light at work in christian believers. 
Matthew 5:14, Acts 1:18
IF YOU AND I ARE GOING TO SUCCEED IN THE COMING YEAR AND FOLLOW GOD'S PATTERN FOR OUR LIVES, we need Jesus and His Spirit.
Like the wise men, the magi who followed the light, the star to the place where the young Jesus was, lets follow the light of Jesus this year and every year.
Jesus and His Spirit are light, where light is there is sight, where light is there is development, where light is there is progress and advancement. 
Proverbs 4:18 & 2 Peter 1:19

In the year coming year, follow the LIGHT!
2015 is your year of LIGHT AND PROGRESS!

The new years eve service at THE LIGHT OF JESUS CHRIST ASSEMBLY, taught by teaching priest Olutosin Ogunkolade

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