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Walk in the Light

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jun 3, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 21.

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Walk in the Light.

“LIGHT is sown for the righteous.” “If any man will do His will, he shall know of the doctrine.” “Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you; for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.” “That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.” These texts teach us (1) that every man in the world has some light; there is no one who does not, to a certain extent, know the difference between right and wrong; (2) that if this light is heeded, more will be given; whoever has a determination to do the thing that he knows to be right, will have greater light given him; but (3) those who turn away from the light that they have, will not receive more, but will be left in darkness. If a man refuses to live out the one principle of right that he may know, it would be useless to make known to him other principles; and finally the little knowledge of truth that he has will pass from him, and he will be destroyed for lack of knowledge. The Lord said by Hosea, 4:6, “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge;” and then immediately adds the reason, “Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I also will reject thee. . . . Seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” That is just it. They rejected knowledge, and forgot the law of God, and therefore they were destroyed for lack of knowledge. But the whole responsibility lay with them: they might have had knowledge unto salvation if they had wanted it, but they rejected it. It is so with all the world. The world is not wicked because it is in darkness; it is in darkness because of its wickedness. “The commandment is a lamp; and the law is light.” Prov. 6:23. Let us “walk in the light,” that our path may be “as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.”