FROM DARKNESS INTO THE LIGHT

“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.”

1 Timothy 1:15 KJV

I received an email from someone who wrote “Not everyone who asks God to forgive their sins and invites Jesus into his or her heart will be saved.”  That is a lie straight from the pits of hell.  I submit to you on the authority of the Word of God that everyone who invites Jesus into his or her heart will be saved.

It made me very angry when I read that email because I’m sure that it hurt Jesus and broke His heart.  Jesus doesn’t need me to defend Him.  However, when you love someone as much as I love Jesus, you want to defend the person.  I love Jesus with all my heart and I long for the day when I will see Him.

We read in the Bible.  “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).  When we ask God to forgive our sins and invite Jesus into our heart, we go from darkness into the light.  Jesus is the light of the world.

Philip Paul Bliss wrote a beautiful hymn about Jesus “The Light of the World is Jesus”.  It is one of my favorite hymns.  I love these words in this inspiring hymn.  “No darkness have we who in Jesus abide; The Light of the world is Jesus!”  Do you have this Light in your heart?  Have you said yes to Jesus?

I walked in the darkness of sin and hatred for many years.  When I invited Jesus into my heart on August 14, 1980, I went from darkness and hatred into the Light of Love.  Jesus, the Light of the world is now the Light of my heart and my life.   

Joanne Lowe

October 15, 2015