1 - Christian and Missionary Alliance
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Chrkt <strong>and</strong> Judgment<br />
blcditstion\ on .John Y:27-41 (NASR)<br />
Sunday<br />
It ir imposslhlc to underst<strong>and</strong> light without<br />
d:il-hue\\. 1~~1th ivitho~~l lhc Iic. liiith<br />
m~tliu~~t unhclicl. \;iI\;>tic~n wtthout ;udsmcnt<br />
I lie ll~hic ~swr~ttcn c,n;t h:ickdropol<br />
tcmhlc d::rhnc\\. pcnctrithlc 001y to thc<br />
One who \:id. "1.~1 thew hc l~ght."<br />
('hl-~\t. thc Word, came in thc s:mv<br />
explm\n,r, ,,I the dl\inc vill ;i\ th;lt init~;tl<br />
f ~ ol t iicnc\l\. " I lhu light [('hrirt] rhinc, in<br />
thc d;trknc\\" (.lohn 1:5) Ikny the<br />
darh~ics\ that SIICOMI\ tlic sou 01 rman <strong>and</strong><br />
thc I.1@111 wrrcs no ptirpi,sc. I)cn\ thc \In<br />
1h;il dusl~c~w man'\ rel:ition ti, (iod <strong>and</strong> thc<br />
S;!\~ot~~hcwd XIKI l,ordd>ip ul ,Jews Cl~~n\t<br />
;$re lost !n unhclicl.<br />
I lhib intcrch:~ngc 01 light <strong>and</strong> d;lrknc\s.<br />
Iaith <strong>and</strong> o~thclicl'is thc 1hc;trt ol thci;o\pcl<br />
I .Iohn. i\o\\I~crc 311 thr rtrt~gglc arc the<br />
Issues l:~cril more clc;~rl) than in thn n~nth<br />
ch;~ptcr.<br />
I ord, /w//I ,>I,>.\C, ?>>r .YOU/ I<br />
lhc /.i~hl.'<br />
Thursday<br />
"Wedo not know where Ile is fl-om"(verse<br />
29).<br />
One has plenty al rcaaon toask whcther<br />
the? did not know or did not care to (iml<br />
I The evidencc was adcqu;ttc for the<br />
hlind no\,ice who did not h;tw theability to<br />
Friday<br />
"Youdonot knowuherc Hc~s lrom"(\c~sc<br />
30).<br />
Yo\+. ;IS then. the i:llttc 01 scvelatiun ir<br />
I,nund in one's ;lhll&ty to pcrh,,nal~,c the<br />
trt~th. l'hc i,alue 01 icadtng thi, ~ncditatinn<br />
Wednesday<br />
on such ;I \.ital sohjcct \vill he lound in your<br />
c:!p;lc~ty to foii~~w thnlugli with thu lhoncit<br />
proceswsol y011r0\bn mind und cornetoan<br />
indupendcnt dccisia~~ ;is to thc identity of<br />
"Yc)o ;lru tlis.. . ~C:IIC.. . 01 MOXS"(VC~SC .I?S,,< C'hrnt.<br />
28).<br />
You !nay *;I?. I h r hclievc! or I huw<br />
I