For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn’t come to the light, lest his works would be exposed.
Every wicked man hates the Gospel because it condemns his conduct and would enlighten his conscience. The Gospel's design is to reprove men, to convict them of sin; and sinners naturally flee it as a thief flees daylight. Only by acknowledging sin here can a man escape condemnation hereafter.
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He who does what is true and right comes to the light, to Christ and His word, that his deeds may be tested and shown to be wrought by God's assistance. Without God's gracious working in us, we can do nothing; all right action flows from His will and aims at His glory.
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Sin's nature is to hate the light that discovers and condemns it, as if the light itself were the enemy. But the gracious soul welcomes examination by God's Word, for his actions are performed in God's sight, according to His direction, with sincere aim at His glory. He fears no exposure because his deeds are wrought in God.
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