When I moved back to Delaware in the last 1990’s, I began to have some initially eye issues. Similar to pink eye, my condition began to involve pain. One evening, I felt like a needle was stuck in my eye. Whenever my eyes were exposed to light, this shooting pain intensified. Subsequently, I was driven from the light into the darkness of an emergency room.
He is driven from light into the realm of darkness and is banished from the world, Job 18:18.
Bildad, a friend of Job’s refers to a different reference. The context of the verse above refers to an individual who is affected by a harmful addiction. When this illness becomes full blown, sin drives people from the light into a world of darkness. Sometimes this dark transformation is subtle and other times its drastic, over night.
But each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death, James 1:14-15.
During my five years of blogging, I have crafted nearly 2000 blogs. The one which has received the most comments and feedback is entitled The Second Glance. This piece shines light on how lust can suck someone into a life of sin. According to the passage above, full blow sin amounts to addiction. Thus, if you allow yourself to become intrigued with a second glance like Eve in the Garden of Eden, it won’t be long before you are driven from the light into darkness. In view of this dangerous threat, hold on tightly to Jesus whenever you feel yourself about to give into sin.
by Jay Mankus
