ADVENT 2017SECOND SUNDAY

AFRAID OF THE DARK?

DARKNESSunknown blind

evil death

hidden wrong

fear

lostdanger

GENESIS 1:3-4 NAS

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.

DARKNESSLIGHTGod said, “Let there be light” (Gen. 1:3)

… [God] lives in unapproachable light (1 Tim. 6:16)

Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep (Gen. 1:2)

…the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness (Gen. 1:4)

what? where?

DARKNESS

LIGHT

DARKNESS

LIGHT

…people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. (John 3:19)

DARKNESSblind to God (2 Cor. 4:4)

Satan’s dominion (Acts 26:18)

foolish heart (Rom 1:21)

death (Job 38:17)

evil (Is. 5:20)The people walking in darkness have seen

a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. (Is. 9:2)

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4

In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the

darkness has not overcome it. (John 1:1-5)

“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

(John 8:12)

DARKNESSblind to God (2 Cor. 4:4)

Satan’s dominion (Acts 26:18)

foolish heart (Rom 1:21)

death (Job 38:17) evil

(Is. 5:20)

I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen—that the Messiah would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would

bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.

(Acts 26:22b-23)

The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the

world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he

gave the right to become children of God. (John 1:9-12)

IMPLICATIONS FOR ME

DARKNESSblind to God (2 Cor. 4:4)

Satan’s dominion (Acts 26:18)

foolish heart (Rom 1:21)

death (Job 38:17)

evil (Is. 5:20)

For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light

of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.

(2 Cor. 4:6)

DARKNESSSatan’s dominion

(Acts 26:18)death

(Job 38:17)evil

(Is. 5:20)

For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves

(Col. 1:13)

You are all children of the light and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness.

(1 Th. 5:5)

DARKNESSdeath

(Job 38:17)evil

(Is. 5:20)

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (Eph. 5:8)

The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the

armor of light. (Rom. 13:12)

DARKNESSdeath

(Job 38:17)

He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his

own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time, but it has

now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has

brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. (2 Tim. 1:9-10)

DARKNESS

I DON’T HAVE TO BE AFRAID OF THE DARK

RESPONSE

DARKNESSblind to God (2 Cor. 4:4)

Satan’s dominion (Acts 26:18)

foolish heart (Rom 1:21)

death (Job 38:17)

evil (Is. 5:20)

LET THERE BE LIGHT

LET THERE BE LIGHTtell God your fear of the dark

ask Him what He thinks about it act on what He says