Answer

Yesterday I asked the question, “Does light expose darkness, or
does darkness corrupt light?” I’ll admit, I wasn’t sure what kind of
answers I would get. (First prize goes to ebc for the most creative
and fun answer.) Well, today, I would like to share with you my answer
to the question: “Does light expose darkness, or does darkness corrupt
light?’

Here is my answer…

Light Exposes Darkness.
Ephesians 5:13-21

13 Everything exposed by the light is made clear, 14 for what makes everything
clear is light. Therefore it is said: Get up, sleeper, and rise up from the dead, and
the Messiah will shine on you. 15 Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk--
not as unwise people but as wise-- 16 making the most of the time, because the
days are evil. 17 So don't be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is.
18 And don't get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless actions, but be filled
with the Spirit: 19 speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs,
singing and making music to the Lord in your heart, 20 giving thanks always for
everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 21 submitting
to one another in the fear of Christ.

These verses make it very clear that light exposes darkness. As the first comment on
the original post asked, “Would we know what darkness was without light?” Verse 15 states
that it is LIGHT that makes everything clear.

AND Darkness Corrupts Light.
Ephesians 5:11-12

11 Don't participate in the fruitless works of darkness, but instead, expose them.
12 For it is shameful even to mention what is done by them in secret.

If we have Jesus, we have light; If we don’t we live in darkness. Many of those who are
living in darkness want nothing more than to pull everyone around them into the darkness
with them. Misery loves company. There are evil people in the world who know how to
make sin look very appetizing. We need to be really careful. The world is full of people
who love darkness, and sometimes we are surprised to find them in our schools, churches,
and neighborhoods! I can think of multiple examples where Christians (those who are in the light)
have walked away from light in order to achieve their own pleasures. This shows that darkness
corrupts light.

I guess really the question could be answered and explained in 100 different ways...but
this is how I see it. I guess when it comes right down to it, all that really matters is that
we find our way into a relationship with Jesus, and we allow Him to control our lives, and
we allow his grace to cover us when we turn away from the light and toward the darkness.

Well, that is my 2 cents worth.