He Is Not Here

And as they were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead? He is not here…” (Luke 24:5-6).

So Jesus said to them, "The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light."(John 12:35-36). I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness (John 12:46).

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols?(2 Corinthians 6:14-16).

Why do folks often seek light within darkness? To seek life among death? Never has there been such an obvious and simple contrast throughout the world and all nations as night and day, and life and death. No human is immune to the knowledge of either. “Why do you seek the living among the dead? HE IS NOT HERE!” But who is “He”?

He is the Living Water and the Light of The World. He is Life. He has the ability to quench the thirst of our soul, overcome the darkness within, and give life where we were dead. His name is Jesus Christ. And if you are swimming in darkness, bathing in death, and running to the desert to find water…He is not there. You will not see Him peeking from under the bed in a porn movie. You will not see His face in that puff of smoke. No, you will not find Him in the bottom of the bottle. He isn’t buying rounds for adulterers and their mistresses at the bar. He isn’t writing a hate speech that is about to be delivered to a neighbor or co-worker. He isn’t in any other sin that one may seek in order to drive away internal darkness and offer temporary false peace. He isn’t in darkness. He isn’t in death.

But so many people put Him there. Alcoholics may say that Jesus is in the booze because He turned water into wine. Smokers may say that God made tobacco and weed so that it can be smoked. And since God put sexual desires into man, I reckon lust and adultery is OK? To say these things is to say that God created the darkness, death, and sin that plagues the hearts of mankind. Therefore Satan must be innocent.

A great book to read in the New Testament is the Gospel of John. If you want to read about the contrast between darkness and light, then this is it. If you read, you will find that the god of this world, Satan, is the giver of darkness and lies in the hearts of men. When a man’s heart is pummeled by darkness and lies, and his heart is parched, exhausted, and dehydrated from truth, then death is imminent. Jesus Christ is the polar opposite of that darkness. He holds the keys to light, truth, and life and is the water that dry hearts seek (John 4:7-15).

Many things cannot coexist. Light and dark is one of them. For darkness to prevail means that light is absent. For light to prevail means that darkness is absent. You cannot say a room is well lit when it is in total darkness, nor can a lit room be called a darkened room. It doesn’t make sense, right? So how can the living be among the dead? How can a dry, battered, and lost soul say that it is comforted? How can righteousness be found in sin? How can love be found in hate? How can Jesus be found in Satan? You cannot put your hand in a fire and say it is cold. It makes as much sense as trying to breath underwater.

You will not find life in death. And if you find that your life is among the dead, then you may be void of Christ altogether. As a matter of fact, you may need to examine if the Holy Spirit is even dwelling within you. Because if He was, then the darkness would have been overcome by the light.

Oh, if I had a dime for every miserable Christian that I have met! Miserable about life, their job, money, themselves and the company they keep. Everything is just dark and dead to them. Yet they profess to be Christian. My friends, do not be fooled and do not fool yourself. If the Holy Spirit dwells within you, then there is no way that death and darkness has it’s grip on you. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope (Romans 15:13). To say that the Spirit is within you, and yet to say that death and darkness is within you as well, is to say that the gift of The Holy Spirit, delivered to you by Jesus upon your salvation, is broken. Therefore The Spirit has failed. Therefore Jesus Christ has failed. Therefore God has failed.

It isn’t God that has failed, but maybe your faith has failed, or maybe there was an error at your repentance. Maybe you didn’t fully trust that you would be saved, or maybe you wanted to be saved for personal, not spiritual, gain (for example; a man being saved so a Christian woman would date him). I don’t know the reasons, but it is up for your personal examination and between you and God. But as the scriptures above have said: He is alive and is not among the dead and He is the light that overcomes the darkness. And what fellowship does darkness have with light?
“Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!” (Psalm 139:23-24). Confess the sins that are found in your heart and nail them to the cross, that you may bare them no more. Seek true repentance from Christ, that the Holy Spirit may truly take hold of you and separate you from the darkness, the sin, and the death that is within you. And may your thirst be quenched.

Love In Christ!

NOTE: I will not be posting any blogs for the month of July as I will be taking the time out for prayer to further my walk and faith in the Lord and for the future of this blog. Thank you and God bless!