Keith Craft: God has not called us to fight darkness with darkness! He has called us to…
God has not called us to fight darkness with darkness! He has called us to EXPEL the darkness through His light that shines through us!
The thought behind the quote
The Greek word for "darkness" is σκοτία (skotia), which signifies not only a physical absence of light but also a moral and spiritual darkness that opposes God's truth. No matter how pervasive darkness might seem, it has no power to extinguish the light of God on the inside of us.
God has not called us to fight darkness with darkness. This means that we are not to respond to negativity, evil, or difficult circumstances by mirroring those attitudes and behaviors. Instead, we are called to expel darkness by allowing the light of God within us to shine. Romans 12:21 says, "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." This is the essence of what it means to let our light shine in the darkness.
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