Light and darkness is contrasted all throughout Scripture. In Genesis these terms refer to the light of day and the darkness of night but in the New Testament these terms refer to the spiritual darkness that comes from being in a fallen state of deprivation and separation from God (Romans 3:23, 6:23) versus having the spiritual light that comes from being born of the Spirit (John 3:5-8) and adopted as His children (John 1:12). For many spiritual light and darkness are not easy terms to understand. For example, since God is pure light and in Him there is no darkness (1 John 1:5) does this mean that those who are born again no longer have the darkness of sin inside of them? Since we know this is not true of anyone (1 John 1:8-9) then how can a person say that they are truly born again? And since the cross is foolishness to those perishing in their sins (1 Corinthians 1:18) then how can the Spirit of God hover over and convict anyone to be born again when God cannot look on sin (Habakkuk 1:13)? In today’s sermon I am going to answer these questions by drawing an analogy between what we do know physical darkness and light to what we struggle to understand, spiritual darkness and light.