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Everlasting Light
Feast of Tabernacles Sermon by Martin G. CollinsLight serves as a profound guide in both the physical and spiritual realms, illuminating the path to truth and understanding. God, as the sole source of everlasting light, provides this guidance to humanity, enabling minds to rise above mere instinct and to reason and create with extraordinary capacity. This divine illumination, promised to Abraham and reflected in the ingenuity of Israel's descendants, has shaped the advancements of civilization through inventions and knowledge. In the spiritual sense, light represents truth and goodness, standing in stark contrast to the darkness of error and evil. It rules over the universe with a benevolent authority, as seen in the creation of the greater and lesser lights to govern day and night. The absence of light evokes terror and despair, while its presence brings clarity and joy, guiding individuals out of moral and spiritual confusion. Jesus Christ embodies this guiding light, declaring Himself the light of the world, offering understanding and salvation to all who follow Him. Those who embrace His light are called out of darkness into a marvelous illumination, becoming bearers of truth in a world often shrouded in deceit. As guides, they reflect God's glory, shining as true lights to reveal His way of life. Ultimately, the light of God promises to obliterate all darkness in the vision of the New Jerusalem, where His presence will be the everlasting illumination. There, with no need for sun or moon, the glory of God and the Lamb will guide the redeemed in eternal truth, purity, and joy, fulfilling the purpose of light to reveal and glorify Him forever.
The Light of the World
Sermonette by David C. GrabbeChrist's teachings on the Eighth Day revolved around light and darkness, and twice on that Holy Day He proclaimed that He is the Light of the World.

Be a Lighthouse
Sermon by Ted E. BowlingThe metaphor of a lighthouse aptly describes the role of the saints in a darkened world, providing hope, guidance, and stability.
Filling Our Vessels with Pure Oil
Sermonette by Bill OnisickA good spiritual lamp, fueled by God's pure oil, will shine brightly, uniting heart, emotion, and will keep the letter and spirit of the law simultaneously.
John (Part Twenty)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughJust as a seed must die to itself in order to bear fruit, we also must sacrifice our lives, submitting unconditionally to God's to bear abundant fruit.
John (Part Two)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughJohn emphasizes the reality of Jesus as the Logos (a word revealing hidden thought), the manifestation of God in the flesh, emphasizing His preexistence and divinity.
Matthew (Part Thirty-One)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughThe emotions Jesus felt were real, experiencing every agony, fear, anguish, disappointment, terror and temptation we all experience, yet without sin.
John (Part Fourteen)
Sermon/Bible Study by John W. RitenbaughThe overriding motivation for the individuals bringing to Jesus the woman caught in adultery was to trap Him, impaling Him on the horns of a dilemma.