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the world,” said Jesus. “He that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness,
but shall have the light of life.” John 8:12. “The path of the just is
as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.”
Proverbs 4:18. Every step of faith and obedience brings the soul into
closer connection with the Light of the world, in whom there “is no
darkness at all.” The bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness shine
upon the servants of God, and they are to reflect His rays. As the stars
tell us that there is a great light in heaven with whose glory they are made
bright, so Christians are to make it manifest that there is a God on the
throne of the universe whose character is worthy of praise and imitation.
The graces of His Spirit, the purity and holiness of His character, will be
manifest in His witnesses.
Paul in his letter to the Colossians sets forth the rich blessings
granted to the children of God. He says: We “do not cease to pray
for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of
His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that ye might walk
worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work,
and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might,
according to His glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering
with joyfulness.” Colossians 1:9-11.
Again he writes of his desire that the brethren at Ephesus might come
to understand the height of the Christian’s privilege. He opens before
them, in the most comprehensive language, the marvelous power and
knowledge that they might possess as sons and daughters of the Most
High. It was theirs “to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the
inner man,” to be “rooted and grounded in love,” to “comprehend with
all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to
know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge.” But the prayer of
the apostle reaches the climax of privilege when he prays that “ye might
be filled with all the fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:16-19.

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