Emphasis Preaching Journal
Sermon Illustrations for Epiphany of Our Lord (2014)
Illustration
Isaiah 60:1-6
The people of God had been in a state of darkness, but now the light has come. The command is to share that light.
In physics we are taught that darkness is only the absence of light. Turn on a flashlight in a dark room and immediately there is light, but there is nothing I can turn on in a lighted room that will suddenly darken it! Only light has power. God is light! Whenever he is mentioned in scripture, there is usually a shechinah or glowing accompanied with him.
The people of God had been in a state of darkness, but now the light has come. The command is to share that light.
In physics we are taught that darkness is only the absence of light. Turn on a flashlight in a dark room and immediately there is light, but there is nothing I can turn on in a lighted room that will suddenly darken it! Only light has power. God is light! Whenever he is mentioned in scripture, there is usually a shechinah or glowing accompanied with him.
