Christians are to be transmitters of light.  We are to be lighthouses which warn of the destruction that lies just beneath the surface.  Many people are satisfying their senses and are unaware of how malnourished or malevolent their soul is.  Christians should be a light in such people’s lives exposing what needs to be cleaned.  However, this is not from a self-righteous perspective.  The Christian needs to receive light.  The Christian is living in a world that spreads darkness, they must let the light of Christ come in through what they examine.  This means a daily study of God’s Word, frequent times of meditation, and true rest in God’s presence.  As a Christian is transformed in public view, so their transformation is a light.  Are you shining?

Luke 11:24-36

 ²⁴ “When an impure spirit comes out of a person, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ ²⁵ When it arrives, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. ²⁶ Then it goes and takes seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that person is worse than the first.”

 ²⁷ As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, “Blessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.”

 ²⁸ He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

 ²⁹ As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah. ³⁰ For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation. ³¹ The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom; and now something greater than Solomon is here. ³² The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and now something greater than Jonah is here.

    ³³ “No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light. ³⁴ Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are healthy,^[g] your whole body also is full of light. But when they are unhealthy,^[h] your body also is full of darkness. ³⁵ See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness. ³⁶ Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be just as full of light as when a lamp shines its light on you.”

Questions

1. How many spirits does an evil spirit bring to a clean house?
2. How are eyes described?
3. How does filling life with Christ’s light protect and transform a person?
4. Have you been cleaned thoroughly on the inside?  When?
5. Do you seek out darkness in your life and expose it to God’s light?