The Power Of The Light

Take no part in and have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds and enterprises of darkness, but instead [let your lives be so in contrast as to] expose and reprove and convict them. For it is a shame even to speak of or mention the things that [such people] practice in secret. But when anything is exposed and reproved by the light, it is made visible and clear; and where everything is visible and clear there is light. - Ephesians 5:11-13

It is not condemning words, but godly actions and lifestyles that expose the "fruitless deeds of darkness". It is the light of Christ in what we do that causes people to see that there is a better way. People are not going to come to Christ by hearing bitter words of hate about how wrong and sinful they are. Jesus said to go and preach the good news, and the end will come when that good news is preached with demonstration. It is seeing and understanding the goodness of God that brings people to repentance. It is the light of Christ shining through you that exposes, reproves and makes things visible and clear. Self-righteous attitudes and condemning speech only bring offense and division. You have the light of Christ. Let it shine through you.

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