Answer: God rescues us from the dominion of darkness,
(verse 13).
MORE INFORMATION AND/OR OTHER SCRIPTURE REFERENCES:
Psalm 18:28: "You, O Lord, keep my lamp
burning; my God turns my darkness into light."
Psalm 107:8-14: "Let them give
thanks to the Lord for His unfailing love and His wonderful deeds
for men, for He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with
good things. Some sat in darkness and the deepest gloom,
prisoners suffering in iron chains, for they had rebelled against
the Words of God and despised the counsel of the Most High.
So He subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was
no one to help. Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
and He saved them from their distress. He brought them out of
darkness and the deepest gloom and broke away their
chains."
Proverbs 4:18-19: "The path of the
righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter
till the full light of day. But the way of the wicked is like
deep darkness; they do not know what makes them
stumble."
Isaiah 9:2: "The people walking in
darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of
the shadow of death a light has dawned."
Isaiah 42:16: [God said,] "I will
lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths
I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them
and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will
do; I will not forsake them."
Matthew 4:16: "the people living in
darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of
the shadow of death a light has dawned."
John 3:19-21: "This is the verdict:
Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of
light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil
hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his
deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the Truth comes
into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has
done has been done through God."
John 12:46: [Jesus said,] "I have
come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me
should stay in darkness."
Acts 26:18: [Jesus said to Saul/Paul,]
"I am sending you to them to open their eyes and turn them
from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that
they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who
are sanctified by faith in Me."
Romans 13:12-14: "The night is
nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds
of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave
decently, as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in
sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and
jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus
Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the
sinful nature."
Ephesians 5:8-14: "For you were
once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children
of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness,
righteousness and Truth) and find out what pleases the Lord.
Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather
expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what the
disobedient do in secret. But everything exposed by the light
becomes visible, for it is light that makes everything visible.
This is why it is said: "Wake up, O sleeper, rise from
the dead, and Christ will shine on you.'"
1 Thessalonians 5:5: "You are all
sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the
night or to the darkness."
1 Peter 2:9: "But you are a chosen
people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to
God, that you may declare the praises of Him Who called you out of
darkness into His wonderful light."
1 John 5:6-7: "This is the message
we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is light; in Him
there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship
with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the
Truth. But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we
have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son,
purifies us from all sin."
