Get Lit.

Getting Lit.

1 John 1:1, 5-7AMP

The world’s longest-lasting light bulb has been burning in a Livermore, California, fire station since 1901. That’s 121 years that the bulb has been in operation with over 1,000,000 hours of use.

As Paul Harvey would say, “Here’s the rest of the story.” The bulb was made 22 years after Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb.

The bulb, hand blown, with a thick carbon filament, was made by the Shelby Electric Company, which did not become one of the giants of the nation for an obvious reason. The Shelby company made light bulbs to last and no one ever re-ordered. (Goggled This bulb burning in a Livermore, California, fire station since 1901. Showed on projectors).

1 John 1:1, 5-7NLT We proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is the Word of life.

Jesus’ proclamation, “I Am the Word of Life!”

5-7 This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all. 6 So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. 7 But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.

These text point to one thing—Get Lit!

Did you know that we (believers) are "sons of light,” (John 12:36 ; Eph 5:8 ; 1 Thess 5:5). Light possesses powers essential to true life. Hence "to be in the light" means simply "to live" — both life eternal and life temporal.

Can a Christian have a private fellowship with God, to the exclusion of others? Can we ignore other Christians and be real Christians?

I want to give you 3 facts according to today’s text:

1. The first fact is, the ultimate relationship is fellowship with the God of pure light—Get lit.

Did you know that there are 433 verses of scripture pertaining to God, and or you, being light?

Jesus stated in, John 10:10AMP The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows].

The apostle John is not exaggerating when he writes under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit in John 10:10. Jesus intended for every believers to be full of light and life—Over and above—Overflowing life.

Again, light is essential to life. As believer’s, we’re called to—-light…Drawn to light…Speak with light life…Act with light…Love with light. This light cast no shadow.

James 1:17NIV Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

Getting lit has a negative view—Being lit usually means a person is high, or intoxicated, and all they can do is sit there and smile. The Urban dictionary speaks of a person being “lit up like a light."

After everything John saw, learned and even touched, this was his personal statement: John states, “God is pure light—God’s lit!

When believer’s stay close to God, in return, they get lit. P.H

Psalm 36:9TPT The fountain of life flows from you to satisfy me. In your light of holiness we receive the light of revelation.

KJV, 9….In your light, we see light.

Imagine—Seeing the King of glory (Jesus), with our own eyes, hearing the King of glory speak with our own ears, touching the king of glory with our own hands.

The author of 1 John, John, Jesus’ beloved could state all that.

John saw.

John touched.

John heard.

Again, Number 1, “If you want to get lit, go to the light.”

2. The second fact according to today’s text is, “If you have a shared relationship with Jesus, you don’t stumble around in the dark.”

1 John 1:6TM If we claim that we experience a shared life with Him and continue to stumble around in the dark, we’re obviously lying through our teeth—we’re not living what we claim.

What's the first thing you do when you do wrong? Hide? Cover it up? Do it in the dark? Become very secretive?

The great prince of preachers Charles Haddon Spurgeon used to tell the story, A certain Duke once boarded a galley ship. As he passed the crew of prisoners, he asked several of them what their offenses were. Almost every man claimed he was innocent. They laid the blame on someone else or accused the judge of yielding to bribery. One young fellow, however, spoke out, sir, “I deserve to be here. I stole some money. No one is at fault but myself. I am guilty.” Upon hearing this, the duke seized him by the shoulder and shouted, “you crook you! What are you doing here with all these honest men? Get out of their company at once!” He was then set at liberty while the rest were left to tug at the oars.