So why does God allow His people to experience spiritual darkness if Christ has already defeated Satan? Let me give you two reasons:įirst, it's for His people to seek Him. "Having disarmed principalities and powers, He (Jesus ) made a public spectacle of them (the devil and his minions ), triumphing over them in it." (Colossians 2:15, emphasis mine) Satan still tries to cover the earth in darkness even when he knows he was already defeated and put to shame by Christ on the cross! Where there is sin, either unconfessed or cherished, there will always be darkness.īut what if you, a Christian who lives a repentant life devoid of intentional and cherished sin, experience darkness? Does that mean that you love sin and want to hide it from God? No, it doesn't mean that!Īgain, we live in a world of darkness that is continually being ravaged by sin. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed."įriends, the Lord Jesus Himself said that sin loves to hide. "And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Think about what the Lord Jesus says about sin and darkness in John 3:19-20, saying: Where sin is, there will always be darkness. Simply put, we are living in a fallen world.īecause we live in a fallen world, we can't and must not expect that there's no darkness around us. From the time Adam and Eve sinned, the world, which was put under their dominion (see Genesis 1:26-30), began seeing death and decay. If you're that person, let me encourage you: there's a purpose for that.įriends, it's a fact that the world we live in is marred by sin.
Some ask, "how could God allow me to experience this?" Many Christians all over the world wonder why God allows His people to experience spiritual darkness. When the night becomes darker, the stars seem brighter, don't they? Pixabay
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