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I Am and the Light VIII: The Blind Man and Humility
Read more: I Am and the Light VIII: The Blind Man and HumilityDon: In the story of the blind man, the disciples saw the blind man as an opportunity to discuss theology, by asking “Who sinned?” It’s a common trait of humanity to seek judgment. Jesus, however saw in the situation an opportunity to be re-creative, to heal the blind man and bring him into the light.…
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I Am and the Light VII: The Blind Man
Read more: I Am and the Light VII: The Blind ManDon: Here is the scriptural context for our continuing discussion of God as Light: “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.” (John 8:12) In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines…
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I Am and the Light VI: Inner and Outer Darkness
Read more: I Am and the Light VI: Inner and Outer DarknessDon: Since no man can see the true light of God and live, perhaps darkness is a place of grace, of temporary sanctuary for Fallen Man. After the Fall, Adam and Eve went into hiding, into a place of darkness. God had to come looking for them. They also sought to cover themselves from their…
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I Am and the Light V: Lucifer
Read more: I Am and the Light V: LuciferDon: At the Creation, God moved in the darkness to illuminate it—to separate the light from the darkness. But since… God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all (1 John 1:5) …the only way darkness could continue to exist would be if God were to remove his presence. Why did he…
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I Am and the Light IV
Read more: I Am and the Light IVDon: There are differences between God’s original creation in the Garden of Eden and his final creation of a new heaven and earth as promised in Revelation. In the Garden, there was night and day. In the new earth there is only day, eternal light. The Garden had a Tree of Knowledge of Good and…
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I Am and the Light III
Read more: I Am and the Light IIIDon: Why did God not completely dispel the darkness when he created the heavens and the earth? In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters.…

Daoism would agree, I think. Freedom comes with accepting the Dao—the Way, God. Struggling against it is not freedom and…