POWER OF SPIRITUAL ILLUMINATION

POWER OF SPIRITUAL ILLUMINATION (1Th 5:5): The more influence the Spirit has had in lighting the world, the more nations as well as individuals conform to the Word of God.
Even in countries that abide in almost total darkness spiritually there are glimmers of light in their laws and customs. The more light the more understanding of truth, of right and wrong. As I look back on my own past and recall early youthful days when our country lived much closer to biblical standards it is obvious that the farther our nation goes from the light the more corrupt the standards of living, the more perplexing the problems we face.

We Christians who have "cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light" are able to discern much more than those outside the pale of the Gospel. That is of course because the world "loves darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil."

There is such a thing as a constructive and latent faith, latent because it lacks instruction and liberty, opportunity of development and distinct disclosure, that feeds on such scanty supplies as it gains access to, and though there is more darkness than light people can discern a little as when a nightlight shows enough to discover immediate surroundings. Thus the more true Christians there are abiding in any certain area, the more understanding the community has as a whole.
Kelsey Griffin