Ephesians 5:8 For you were sometimes darkness, but now are you light in the Lord: walk as children of light: "For God who commanded...not of us." We hear much in these days about the electric light. It is much more brilliant than the old-fashioned lamps. I was looking at one the other day, and noticing particularly that the "candles," as they are called, are only black, ugly pieces of charcoal. Nothing more. As I looked at them I could not but wonder that things which by their nature were so black, could, when connected with the mysterious power which causes the flame to glow, give out such wonderful light. Truly the light is not in them. It is the unseen but mighty power working in them and through them that enables them to be useful. A tiny flaw may break the connection and stop the light — disconnected for one instant from the source the light dies instantly, and utterly. Parallel Verses KJV: For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:WEB: For you were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord. Walk as children of light, |
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