Let There Be Light

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. - Genesis 1:3

    We cannot help but bow in wonder and amazement as we behold the sovereign power and the intrinsic glory in the majestic display of the incomprehensible being of the triune God. Our feeble minds can grasp but little (even with the assistance of his blessed Spirit) of the infinite and glorious works of the Almighty. In Psalm 33:6 it is written, By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

    As we see our Lord’s sovereign power and unalterable purpose unfold in the creation of all things, in this passage (God said, Let there be Light, and there was Light.), we see a beautiful picture of the impartation of his divine nature to chosen dead sinners in regeneration. Before we knew Christ we were like the earth before God said, Let there be Light. We were without the image of Christ within and without. We were void of the life of Christ. We were in spiritual darkness and death. There was no hope that we would be otherwise had not God said, Let there be Light. The raising of a dead, helpless, hopeless wretch from the depths of wreck and ruin is the sovereign work of almighty grace in Christ our Redeemer. Let it be understood that this preacher not only believes the Biblical account of creation, I believe the Biblical account of salvation. May we shout with brother Jonah, Salvation is of the Lord! May we sing with Newton,

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me!

    The Light that God hath shinned in our hearts is none other than the Lamb who is the light, and he who dwells in the midst of the throne of God. The Lord Jesus Christ is the Light and life of every believer. For God, who commanded the Light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ (2 Cor 4:6).

    Unless and until God, in efficacious grace and mercy, raises spiritually dead sinners and imparts to them spiritual life, they will remain dead. This nonsense of Let God save you that is being preached and promoted by the so-called evangelicals of our day, is nothing more than a herald from hell.

    Thank God he said, Let there be Light, and there was Light!