Light the lamp
“Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house” (Matthew 5:15)
To what then shall we compare the preaching of the Gospel to the lost. It is like a man who was sleeping comfortably in darkness and the light suddenly floods the room. The man, who was comfortable in the darkness, is upset at the bright light which completely removed the darkness. He begs for the light to be turned off. The lost are spiritually dead and that is why the light will be left on. Sooner or later, they will realize: it is time to get up. “And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth” (John 11:43).
To what then shall we compare the preaching of the Gospel to the lost. It is like a man who was sleeping comfortably in darkness and the light suddenly floods the room. The man, who was comfortable in the darkness, is upset at the bright light which completely removed the darkness. He begs for the light to be turned off. The lost are spiritually dead and that is why the light will be left on. Sooner or later, they will realize: it is time to get up. “And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth” (John 11:43).
