1. Grace Fellowship Church www.GraceDoctrine.org Pastor/Teacher - Jim Rickard Tuesday, December 16, 2008

2. Memory Verse Gal 5:16, “Walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.”

3. The Upper Room Discourse John 13-16 John 13:30 Night and Darkness

4. “And it was night”, Imperfect, Active, Indicative of EIMI, - “it kept on being”. NUX - night. = “And it kept on being night”.

5. Doctrine of Night / Darkness in relation to Evil

6. 1) John 13:30, symbolically signifies the darkness of Judas’ heart, his soul was black as night. It was the hour for the power of darkness to perform, Luke 22:53.

7. Luke 22:53, “While I was with you daily in the temple, you did not lay hands on Me; but this hour and the power of darkness are yours.”

8. Eph 6:12, “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.”

9. The unbeliever is drawn away by his lusts and ambition. Once conceived it brings forth sin and death. James 1:14-15 cf. Mat 27:5; Acts 1:18

10. 2) The unbeliever becomes like the night in darkness in his betrayal, yet our Lord is the Light come into the world. Psa 104:20; cf. John 8:12; 9:5

11. Psa 104:20, “You appoint darkness and it becomes night, in which all the beasts of the forest prowl about.”

12. John 8:12, “Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, 'I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life'.”

13. John 9:5, “While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world.”

14. 3) The contrast between light and darkness is first noted in the restoration of planet earth. Gen 1:2-5

15. a) The restoration of light to creation typifies the incarnation of the Son of God who is the Light of the world. John 12:35-36, 46.

16. 4) The believer in Christ is also the light of the world, Mat 5:14-16.

17. a) The believer is reflecting The Light of the world, the Lord Jesus Christ. Phil 2:15

18. Phil 2:15, “So that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world.”

19. 5) Light and darkness are used as an analogy of separation. Gen 1:14-19

20. a) Likewise, the believer is to be separated from evil, Rom 13:12; 2 Cor 6:14; Eph 5:8-17; Col 1:13; 1 Thes 5:4-10; 1 Peter 2:9; 1 John 1:5-6; 2:9-11.

21. Phil 3:15, “…and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you.”

22. Grace Fellowship Church Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Tape # 08-091 Night and Darkness related to Evil Upper Room Discourse, Part 231 John 13:30; Gen 1:2-5, 14-19; James 1:14-17; Rom 13:12-14 Grace Fellowship Church Tuesday, December 16, 2008 Tape # 08-091 Night and Darkness related to Evil Upper Room Discourse, Part 231 John 13:30; Gen 1:2-5, 14-19; James 1:14-17; Rom 13:12-14 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2008