Living in God's Uncreated Light
by Rev. Kirby Williams
Learning to recognize, accept and live in the Uncreated Truth of God.
Text: 1John 1:5
Date: 10/19/2025, the Evening service.
Series: "Evenfall; Sunday Evening Worship" Part 40
Description:
In the prologue to his First Epistle, John established both the humanity and preeminence of Christ, the authority of the apostolic witness, and the fact that true joy can only be found in a relationship with the Lord Jesus. John now turns to the heavenly message the Father has sent through the Son-- that God is perfect Light. We will carefully analyze the words of this verse, understanding the figurative meaning of "light" to be the perfect holiness, righteousness, glory and absolute truth of God. We will note the comparison with darkness and realize that darkness (or evil or falsehood) is merely the privation of the Light (or God, His holiness and truth), and that the Light John speaks of is eternal and utterly un-created. Ultimately we will learn that as Christians we must be on our guard against any doctrine or teaching that "creates" truth by adding or subtracting from God's uncreated truth; and thus to seek our sanctification by recognizing, accepting and living in God's UNCREATED LIGHT.
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I. Introduction, Gen. 1:1-4.
II. Exposition of the text, 1John 1:5.
A. Context
B. Understanding God as Light.
1. Delivering the message.
a. The Message of the Word of Life.
i. Looking at the message, Prov. 12:25, 25:25.
ii. Looking at the Messenger, John 1:18, 10:30, 11:27, 14:9, 12:49-50; Matt. 11:27; Heb. 1:3.
b. Proclaiming the message.
i. Reporting back the Good News.
ii. Back to basics, Matt. 28:20.
2. Analyzing the message.
a. Absolute Light.
i. Noticing the equivalence, 1John 2:29, 4:8,16; John 4:24.
ii. The idea of "light".
1) Learning from physical light.
2) Applying the lesson figuratively, 1Tim. 6:16; John 12:35.
iii. The Light of the World, John 1:4,5, 8:12, 9:5, 12:36,46; Rev. 21:23.
b. Absolute holiness and truth.
i. Looking at the words.
1) Physical and spiritual darkness, John 8:12, 20:1.
2) A strong negation.
ii. Understanding the Light, John 1:5, 14:6.
III. Conclusion
A. The fallen concept of divine "grayness", Heb. 1:1-2.
B. Living in Uncreated Light.
1. Where confusion develops.
2. Holding fast to Uncreated Truth, Matt. 7:15.
