For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?” -2 Corinthians 6:14 ESV “Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.” -1 John 2:8-11 ESV Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling. Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. “… the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. “Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them.” -Ephesians 5:11 ESV
“If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.” -1 John 1:6 “I know your deeds… you are dead… repent… You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments and they shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. “…If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!” -Matthew 6:23 ESVĬhrist told the corrupt, dead church in Sardis, “He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son” -Colossians 1:13 ESV We are not of the night or of the darkness.” -1 Thessalonians 5:5 ESV “For you are all children of light, children of the day. “ The way of the wicked is like deep darkness they do not know over what they stumble.” -Proverbs 4:19 ESV The un- regenerate are children of darkness-following in the ways of Satan, while regenerate followers of Christ are children of light. “For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.” -Romans 1:21 ESV They are enemies of God He is not within them. Their mind and heart are darkened, and they are following a path of darkness, although they may not perceive it.
For the unregenerate, this is impossible. Only people who are spiritually alive can truly understand God’s Word in its truth and richness. The regenerate are made alive spiritually they live in spiritual light. All humans are born spiritually dead due to the original sin of Adam. The un- regenerate are spiritually dead and live in spiritual darkness. Spiritual darkness is a symptom of spiritual death.