“Light In The Darkness ” [Reflections on Robert Law's Book, The Tests of Life - A Study Of The First Epistle Of John, Edinburgh, T&T Clark, 1909, (1 John 1:5-2:29)] ”
When John (who wrote of ‘Christ as light’)
Got old, he still had lots of fight –
It seems some folks there of his age
Were strutting ’round as on a stage.One thing they claimed that they could do
Was, “Walk in light” and still be rude,
Obnoxious, greedy, proud, and vain –
For they were “Christians” (’least in name).So John, in “Letter-one”, said, “No –
I see you strut through life just so –
But here’s three tests to see if you
Can “Walk in light” – in Jesus’ view:“Test one – ‘What is your attitude
To sin and righteousness?’ – you’re rude,
Obnoxious, greedy, vain, and proud –
How’s that in Jesus’ light allowed?“Test two – ‘Check out how much you love’ –
You strut through life with push and shove –
‘It’s dog eat dog’; ‘Survival, man’,
You say, abusing those you can.“Test three – ‘Is Christ, in your belief,
The highest and the best we see?’
Or do you stomp him in the dirt
As if He were some kind of jerk?“You claim to be ‘Enlightened ones’ –
It’s time that you awoke there, chums –
Obey; and love; call spade a spade –
God’s light in darkness, Jesus made.Thanks Lord for this.
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