Introduction:

A. Text: John 12:35

1. The light that was with them was Christ Himself: John 12:46
2. Following the Lord keeps on from being in darkness: John 8:12

B. While Jesus aims to be the light leading to salvation, Satan aims to be the darkness that leads us to being lost: II Corinthians 4:3-4

1. We need to be aware of the devils devices: II Corinthians 2:11
3. We can accomplish not giving place to the devil by: Ephesians 6:11
4. Ultimately if we: James 4:7

A. As Christians we were once in darkness but now are in the light: Ephesians 5:8

1. We have been delivered from darkness: Colossians 1:12-13
2. We therefore should not be of darkness: I Thessalonians 5:4-5

B. We need to walk in the light, who is Christ, that we may have eternal life: I John 1:1-3

1. Follow our light, Jesus Christ, to eternal life: John 10:27-28
2. We better not be pretenders: I John 1:5-6

A. Allow the word of God to be your guide: Psalms 119:105

1. Psalms 17:4
2. II Peter 1:19

B. Falling is too easy when in the darkness: I John 2:11

1. Proverbs 4:19
2. Notice the servant of the Lord teaches, but who acts on that teaching and what is the result of acting on that teaching: II Timothy 2:24-26
3. If we do fall we must allow God to lead us back: Micah 7:7-8

C. The reality is, some like the darkness and the ignorance of where they are going: John 3:19-20

1. Romans 10:1-3; 16-18
2. It is the blindness of the heart that allows this ignorance: Ephesians 4:17-18

A. You cannot be a partaker in the Lord and in evil: I Corinthians 10:21

1. Isaiah 5:2
2. If we are sinners we belong to Satan: I John 3:8

B. We must remove all sin and darkness from our lives: Ephesians 5:11

1. Proverbs 4:26-27
2. Hebrews 12:1

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