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God wants. If God doesn’t want me to have it, I don’t want it”.
That’s, a “Child of light”.

In order to catch the thrill of it, let me get into this illustration of
light. Glance at verses 11-13. The principle can be stated in
these words, “Light exposes”. It exposes the unfruitful deeds of
darkness, and in verse 13, it “dispels” darkness. It transforms
darkness into light.

Now before I show you how practical this is, let me give you the
spiritual reality. Light is the illustration. Look at verse 14,

“For this reason, ‘Awake, sleeper, and arise from the dead
and Christ will shine upon you.’” KJV says, “Christ shall give
you light.”
The literal Greek says, “dawn”. “Christ shall dawn upon you.”
It’s exactly the same word used in Matthew 28:1 on resurrection
morning,

“Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first
day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to
look at the grave.”

And as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, “Christ
shall dawn upon you.” He’s pictured as the dawning sun. What
happened that Easter morning, happens to every Christian. It’s
another wonderful figure of speech, applied to Christ. He’s called
“The Son of righteousness”. He’s, “The Day Star”. He’s, “The
Morning Star”. And now He’s saying that Christ, is the light. He’s
the One that shines on you.

Let’s go back to what happens when Christ dawns on you. First,
He “exposes” the deeds of darkness. Verse 12, “Do not
participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness; instead, even
expose them.” Verse 13,