Don’t Be Fooled by the Glow: When Darkness Pretends to Be Light

Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness. Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness. If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light.” ~ Luke 11:34-36

Believers need to deepen their foundation in God’s Word now more than ever since false teachers and deceptive truths prevail. Scripture serves as our dependable basis and enables us to see clearly in this period of widespread spiritual confusion. As Jesus teaches in Luke 11: The condition of our spiritual vision controls whether we walk in light or stumble through darkness. Our entire existence becomes enlightened when we concentrate our attention on truth through Christ and His Word. Our vision becomes compromised when error and worldly distractions combined with deceivers’ sweet words make us believe we are bathed in light when we are actually surrounded by darkness. This is a sobering warning. By engaging with Scripture every day we allow God’s truth to illuminate our understanding and protect our hearts. Deep understanding of the Bible serves both personal development and as essential protection from deceptive thoughts that seek to mislead us. A rich presence of God’s Word in our lives enables us to examine all things and cling to goodness while maintaining truthfulness even when deceit appears righteous.

Scripture provides the constant illumination for our understanding but the Holy Spirit enables us to truly perceive and implement its teachings. The Holy Spirit’s guidance is essential for readers to grasp the profound truths and nourishing wisdom hidden within God’s Word. Jesus said that the Spirit would guide us toward all truth and this assurance remains crucial for current believers. When we approach the Bible with humility and prayerful hearts we allow the Holy Spirit to illuminate our reading by revealing knowledge alongside conviction and encouragement and direction. He uncovers concealed sin while building our faith and enabling us to identify deceit. The complexity of deceptive errors in today’s world requires us to combine our intellect with the Spirit’s insight to understand the truth of God’s Word. Scripture transforms into both a guiding lamp for our steps and a directional light through Him which secures us in divine truth and prevents us from straying.

 

Read / Listen
Deuteronomy 28:1-68
Luke 11:14-36
Psalm 77:1-20
Proverbs 12:18

 


New Testament

Luke 11:14-36
  

Summary

Jesus and Beelzebul
Return of an Unclean Spirit
True Blessedness
The Sign of Jonah
The Light in You

 

True Blessedness

While Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, “Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed.” But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.” ~ Luke 11:27-28
On the contrary. This has the sense of, “Yes, but rather . . .” While not denying the blessedness of Mary, Christ did not countenance any tendency to elevate Mary as an object of veneration. Mary’s relationship to Him as His physical mother did not confer on her any greater honor than the blessedness of those who hear and obey the word of God. ~ John MacArthur

 

The Sign of Jonah

 

Overview: Luke 10-24  Click Here to Watch Video

 

Listen to John MacArthur on today’s scripture below

 
The Vilification of Jesus, Part 1
 Luke 11:14–23

 

The Vilification of Jesus, Part 2
 Luke 11:14–23

 

The Danger of Moral Reformation
 Luke 11:24–28

 

The Last Sign
 Luke 11:29–32

 

A Question of Sight
 Luke 11:33–36
 
 
   
   
   
Dr. J. Vernon McGee - Thru the Bible

Dr. J. Vernon McGee – Thru the Bible

 

08-11 – J Vernon Mcgee – Thru the Bible

 
 
 
 
 

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