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Journey to Outer Space

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Journey to Outer Space

Linda D. Lester level-deluxe 6/1/2005 1:24:12 PM

AWESOME.....Great shot, Johnny! #256866

Siete Meeter 6/1/2005 2:18:34 PM

Dear Jonnny, you made stunning picture!
I like id very much #1419882

Ronald Balthazor level-deluxe 6/1/2005 3:12:17 PM

Very amazing work, Johnny. #1420071

Johnny Santoso level-deluxe 6/1/2005 6:21:49 PM

Thanks to. Linda , Siete , and Ronald.
glad to hear that you like my photo.. Hope to hear from you again.. #1420659

Sean P. Long level-deluxe 6/3/2005 11:00:44 PM

Fantastic shot #1428809

The Judges at level-deluxe 7/23/2005 2:15:23 AM

Intriguing image. #1624332

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Intriguing image. #1624355

kerby lee pfrangle level-deluxe 7/25/2005 2:58:50 AM

Congratulations on your second place win.

Job well done. Kerby #1634264

Colette M. Metcalf level-deluxe 7/25/2005 5:11:30 AM

Congratulations to you Johnny on this great image!!! #1634883

Karen Lewis 7/25/2005 5:30:16 AM

One word comes to mind.......AWESOME! #1634961

Linda D. Lester level-deluxe 7/25/2005 6:47:47 AM

Way to go Johnny!!! Congratulations! #1635241

Cathy Barrows 7/25/2005 7:23:32 AM

Congrats on your win!...fantastic work #1635473

Jennifer Jones 7/25/2005 8:26:56 AM

WOW! Congratulations on your win! This is such a spectacular photograph. Very creative. Great work! #1635873

KHAWLA Haddad level-deluxe 7/25/2005 8:34:22 AM

Congratulations on this wonderful winner!!! #1635929

Abdusalam A. Al-Tuwijri 7/25/2005 3:58:00 PM

Congratulations, excellent image #1637846

Sharon Day level-deluxe 7/26/2005 11:28:31 AM

Congratulations on this superb image, Johnny!!! #1641254

Johnny Santoso 7/26/2005 9:27:25 PM

Thank You very much to All of You.. for all your kind words and for your spared time visiting my Gallery.. #1643145

Muriel Jackson level-deluxe 8/23/2005 12:51:54 PM

WOW belated congratulations on your June win Johnny! #1757207

Muriel Jackson level-deluxe 8/23/2005 12:51:55 PM

WOW belated congratulations on your June win Johnny! #1757211

Bill Houghton 11/12/2005 2:19:27 PM

Nice work Johnny. Beautiful shot. You are a very talented photographer. Greetings from Alabama.
Bill #2067537

Allan L. Dy 8/15/2006 9:27:39 AM

Awesome image Johnny! Great perspective. Congratulations! - Allan #3167139

Robyn Gwilt level-deluxe 7/20/2007 1:28:23 PM

Johnny I love your work! This really caught my eye though, as when I was flying there was NO WAY that any a/c window was that clear, then I read how you did it! LOL Great work!!! Great win! #4532250

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01-28-2010, 12:35 PM
Much to my surprise this morning the Wallys-Mart in Frederick, Maryland (off route 26) had a shelf full of Mexican Coke in the Glass Bottles. I think they were the non returnable variety. But they looked good. I bought a few at $1.25 each. I didn't take a picture, but you all know what they look like. The thick glass type bottles.

Thank You,

01-28-2010, 10:55 PM
Man, I always feel sorry for you guys up north. Here in TX, Mexican Coke is just about everywhere, Wal-Mart, convenience stores, etc.

Personally, I like Pepsi better than Coke but Coke with real sugar over Pepsi with real sugar anyday.

I hope that made sense...

01-29-2010, 04:46 PM
Where he's at (also where I grew up), there are plenty of Hispanic grocery stores that sell Mexican Coke, along with a bevy of other central/south American beverages. But this is different - this is the official stuff that Coke is importing themselves and distributing through the bottlers.

I've seen the numbers for the East Coast. Sadly, outside of some parts of Florida, they just aren't selling a lot of them to stores. But to get it into a big chain like Wal-Mart is a win. I think it is only in two chain stores in eastern MD/PA - Weis and Redner's. Acme has it as well, but I'm not sure if all of it is coming from Coke or from specialty foods distributors.

Thanks for the heads up - I'll have to check tomorrow to see if it's in the system in the Wal-Mart I service.

Mr Zabe
01-29-2010, 05:45 PM
My local Jewel is selling cases of Mexican Coke (glass bottles).
I was pretty much amazed to see this.
I did not notice the price.

02-23-2010, 09:27 PM
In Syracuse, NY Wegmans now carries mexicoke

02-24-2010, 09:12 PM
All the Wegmans in upstate NY seem to have them now... Ithaca, Elmira, Binghamton, Syracuse (haven't been up to Rochester in a while but I assume it's there). Also started seeing them in Sam's Clubs around here as well. $19/case there, $26/case at Wegmans (though you can buy a single at $1.50).

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02-24-2010, 11:09 PM
So this is actual Mexican Coke with sugar or the secondary Coke production in 8oz bottles?

02-25-2010, 04:17 AM
This is actual Mexican Coke in 12 oz bottles

03-03-2010, 10:08 PM
Tops Markets in New York are now authorized for Mexican Coke. Not sure if this covers all NY stores or just the ones in Buffalo Coke territory.

03-03-2010, 10:55 PM
This is actual Mexican Coke in 12 oz bottles

But in 1-way bottles, produced specifically for export to the US.

03-04-2010, 09:45 AM
Who is doing the importing of the Mexican Coke? Is it the local bottlers? Doesn't this cause a big transshipping problem for the bottlers if they are not the ones selling it? I've been seeing more and more imported Pepsi and Coke and think its a nice fit for the glass bottle enthusiasts, but am also concerned that it may cause problems between the concentrate company and the bottlers. What do you guys think?

03-04-2010, 10:00 AM
Officially I don't know if it's Coke or CCE that's doing the importing, but either way, it's with Coke's approval. Remember the old threads about finding Mexican Coke at Costco? This is the same stuff. It was also available in areas like Phoenix for sale off of CCE trucks before expanding to other parts of the country.

03-04-2010, 11:29 AM
I would imagine the bottlers would have to ok it since they hold the exclusive bottling and distribution rights. As long as its coming off the red trucks I suppose there is no transshipping issues.

03-04-2010, 08:58 PM
The Mexican Coke was displayed at Coca-Cola's booth at a trade show.

03-08-2010, 07:24 AM
I didn'nt see it anymore at the Wallys-Mart in Frederick on route 26. So perhaps it was a one time deal. They never did display it very well anyway. It was just scattered all over the season isle like it was a one time thing.

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Salsa and Cheese Dip

Create a chunky dip by combining sour cream with a bit of salsa and queso fresco a white, crumbly Mexican cheese. A swirl of fresh herbs and green onion add vivid flavor.

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  • Makes: 8 servings
  • Serving Size: 3 tablespoons dip
  • Yields: 1-1/2 cups
  • Prep: 30 mins
  • Chill: 1 hr

Salsa and Cheese Dip

  1. In a food processor or blender combine parsley, cilantro, oregano, the 1 tablespoon pistachio nuts, and the onion. Cover and process until finely chopped. Set aside.
  2. In a small bowl stir together sour cream, queso fresco, salsa, and bottled hot pepper sauce. Stir in herb mixture. Cover and chill 1 to 2 hours or until serving time. To serve, spoon into serving bowl and top with whole pistachios. Makes about 1-1/2 cups.

Nutrition Facts (Salsa and Cheese Dip)

    Per serving:
  • 85 kcal cal.,
  • 7 g fat
  • (4 g sat. fat,
  • 1 g polyunsaturated fat,
  • 2 g monounsatured fat),
  • 15 mg chol.,
  • 33 mg sodium,
  • 3 g carb.,
  • 0 g fiber,
  • 0 g sugar,
  • 2 g pro.
  • Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Spearfish, S.D. – The Black Hills State University volleyball team defeated Mayville State 3-0 on Friday night to move to 10-15 overall and 5-3 in the Dakota Athletic Conference.

The Yellow Jackets won the match by scores of 25-19, 25-17, and 25-23.  Black Hills State was led by freshman Amy O’Neill who racked up 16 kills on 26 attempts with only four errors.  Sophomore Kayla Drieling chipped in with eight kills and a .412 hitting percentage.

“It was good to have our younger players step up and play well tonight,” said head coach Jennifer Weitzel.  “Amy (O’Neill), Kylee (Lamb) and Kayla (Drieling) all showed their ability to compete and perform at this level.”

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Joshua 13:1-7 KJVA

1 Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed .
2 This is the land that yet remaineth : all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,
3 From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites:
4 From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearaha that is beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites:

References for Joshua 13:4

    •  13:4 - Mearah: or, the cave
      5 And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising *, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath.
      6 All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
      7 Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh,


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1 Chronicles 29 NIRV

Gifts Are Brought for the Temple

1 Then King David spoke to the whole community. He said, "God has chosen my son Solomon. But Solomon is young. He's never done anything like this before. The task is huge. This grand and wonderful temple won't be built for human beings. It will be built for the LORD God.

References for 1 Chronicles 29:1

      2 "With all of my riches I've done everything I could for the temple of my God. I've provided gold for the gold work and silver for the silver work. I've provided bronze for the bronze work and iron for the iron work. I've given wood for the things that will be made out of wood. I've given onyx and turquoise for the settings. I've given stones of different colors and all kinds of fine stone and marble. I've provided everything in huge amounts.
      3 "With all my heart I want the temple of my God to be built. So I'm giving my personal treasures of gold and silver for it. I'm adding them to everything else I've provided for the holy temple.
      4 I'm giving 110 tons of gold and 260 tons of pure silver. Cover the walls of the buildings with it.
      5 Use it for the gold work and the silver work. Use it for everything the skilled workers will do. How many of you are willing to set yourselves apart to the LORD today?"
      6 Many people were willing to give. They included the leaders of families and the officers of the tribes of Israel. They included the commanders of thousands of men and commanders of hundreds. They also included the officials who were in charge of the king's work.
      7 All of them gave to the work on God's temple. They gave more than 190 tons of gold and 375 tons of silver. They also gave 675 tons of bronze and 3,750 tons of iron.
      8 Anyone who had valuable jewels added them to the treasure for the LORD's temple. Jehiel was in charge of the temple treasure. He was from the family line of Gershon.
      9 The people were happy when they saw what their leaders had been willing to give. The leaders had given freely. With their whole heart they had given everything to the Lord. King David was filled with joy.

      David Praises the LORD

      10 David praised the LORD in front of the whole community. He said, "Lord, we give you praise. You are the God of our father Israel. We give you praise for ever and ever.

      References for 1 Chronicles 29:10

          11 Lord, you are great and powerful. Glory, majesty and beauty belong to you. Everything in heaven and on earth belongs to you. Lord, the kingdom belongs to you. You are honored as the One who rules over all.
          12 Wealth and honor come from you. You are the ruler of all things. In your hands are strength and power. You can give honor and strength to everyone.
          13 Our God, we give you thanks. We praise your glorious name.
          14 "But who am I? And who are my people? Without your help we wouldn't be able to give this much. Everything comes from you. We've given back to you only what comes from you.
          15 We are outsiders and strangers in your sight. So were all of our people who lived long ago. Our days on this earth are like a shadow. We don't have any hope.
          16 "LORD our God, we've given more than enough. We've provided it to build you a temple where you will put your holy Name. But all of it comes from you. All of it belongs to you.
          17 My God, I know that you put our hearts to the test. And you are pleased when we are honest. I've given all of these things just because I wanted to. When I did it, I was completely honest with you. And I've been happy to see that your people who are here have also been willing to give to you.
          18 "Lord, you are the God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac and Israel. Keep this longing in the hearts of your people forever. Keep their hearts true to you.
          19 Help my son Solomon serve you with all his heart. Then he will keep your commands and rules. He will do what you require. He'll do everything to build the grand and wonderful temple I've provided for."
          20 Then David spoke to the whole community. He said, "Praise the LORD your God." So all of them praised the Lord. He's the God of their people who lived long ago. The whole community bowed low. They fell down flat with their faces toward the ground. They did it in front of the LORD and the king.

          Solomon Becomes the Next King

          21 The next day they offered sacrifices to the Lord. They brought burnt offerings to him. They sacrificed 1,000 bulls, 1,000 rams and 1,000 male lambs. They also brought the required drink offerings. And they offered many other sacrifices for the whole community of Israel.

          References for 1 Chronicles 29:21

              22 They ate and drank with great joy that day. They did it in the sight of the Lord. Then they announced a second time that Solomon was king. He was the son of David. They anointed Solomon to be ruler in the sight of the Lord. They also anointed Zadok to be priest.
              23 So Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord. He ruled as king in place of his father David. Things went well with him. All of the people of Israel obeyed him.
              24 All of the officers and mighty men promised to be completely faithful to King Solomon. So did all of King David's sons.
              25 The LORD greatly honored Solomon in the sight of all of the people. He gave him royal majesty. Solomon was given more glory than any king over Israel had ever had.

              David Dies

              26 David was king over the whole nation of Israel. He was the son of Jesse.

              References for 1 Chronicles 29:26

                  27 He ruled over Israel for 40 years. He ruled for seven years in Hebron and for 33 years in Jerusalem.
                  28 He died when he was very old. He had enjoyed a long life. He had enjoyed wealth and honor. His son Solomon became the next king after him.
                  29 The events of King David's rule from beginning to end are written down. They are written in the records of the prophets Samuel, Nathan and Gad.
                  30 The records tell all about David's rule and power. They tell about what happened concerning him and Israel and the kingdoms of all of the other lands.


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Proverbs 29:26

RSV 26 Many seek the favor of a ruler, but from the LORD a man gets justice. NIV 26 Many seek an audience with a ruler, but it is from the LORD that man gets justice.


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2 Kings 3:19-27; 2 Kings 4:1-27

19 You will overthrow every fortified city and every major town. You will cut down every good tree, stop up all the springs, and ruin every good field with stones." 20 The next morning, about the time for offering the sacrifice, there it was--water flowing from the direction of Edom! And the land was filled with water. 21 Now all the Moabites had heard that the kings had come to fight against them; so every man, young and old, who could bear arms was called up and stationed on the border. 22 When they got up early in the morning, the sun was shining on the water. To the Moabites across the way, the water looked red--like blood. 23 "That's blood!" they said. "Those kings must have fought and slaughtered each other. Now to the plunder, Moab!" 24 But when the Moabites came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and fought them until they fled. And the Israelites invaded the land and slaughtered the Moabites. 25 They destroyed the towns, and each man threw a stone on every good field until it was covered. They stopped up all the springs and cut down every good tree. Only Kir Hareseth was left with its stones in place, but men armed with slings surrounded it and attacked it as well. 26 When the king of Moab saw that the battle had gone against him, he took with him seven hundred swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they failed. 27 Then he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him as a sacrifice on the city wall. The fury against Israel was great; they withdrew and returned to their own land.
1 The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the LORD. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves." 2 Elisha replied to her, "How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?" "Your servant has nothing there at all," she said, "except a little oil." 3 Elisha said, "Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don't ask for just a few. 4 Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side." 5 She left him and afterward shut the door behind her and her sons. They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring. 6 When all the jars were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another one." But he replied, "There is not a jar left." Then the oil stopped flowing. 7 She went and told the man of God, and he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debts. You and your sons can live on what is left." 8 One day Elisha went to Shunem. And a well-to-do woman was there, who urged him to stay for a meal. So whenever he came by, he stopped there to eat. 9 She said to her husband, "I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God. 10 Let's make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay there whenever he comes to us." 11 One day when Elisha came, he went up to his room and lay down there. 12 He said to his servant Gehazi, "Call the Shunammite." So he called her, and she stood before him. 13 Elisha said to him, "Tell her, 'You have gone to all this trouble for us. Now what can be done for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?' " She replied, "I have a home among my own people." 14 "What can be done for her?" Elisha asked. Gehazi said, "Well, she has no son and her husband is old." 15 Then Elisha said, "Call her." So he called her, and she stood in the doorway. 16 "About this time next year," Elisha said, "you will hold a son in your arms." "No, my lord," she objected. "Don't mislead your servant, O man of God!" 17 But the woman became pregnant, and the next year about that same time she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her. 18 The child grew, and one day he went out to his father, who was with the reapers. 19 "My head! My head!" he said to his father. His father told a servant, "Carry him to his mother." 20 After the servant had lifted him up and carried him to his mother, the boy sat on her lap until noon, and then he died. 21 She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, then shut the door and went out. 22 She called her husband and said, "Please send me one of the servants and a donkey so I can go to the man of God quickly and return." 23 "Why go to him today?" he asked. "It's not the New Moon or the Sabbath." "It's all right," she said. 24 She saddled the donkey and said to her servant, "Lead on; don't slow down for me unless I tell you." 25 So she set out and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When he saw her in the distance, the man of God said to his servant Gehazi, "Look! There's the Shunammite! 26 Run to meet her and ask her, 'Are you all right? Is your husband all right? Is your child all right?' " "Everything is all right," she said. 27 When she reached the man of God at the mountain, she took hold of his feet. Gehazi came over to push her away, but the man of God said, "Leave her alone! She is in bitter distress, but the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me why."


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feast: Are You Light In The Lord?

Martin G. Collins
Given 15-Oct-08; Sermon #FT08-04; 70 minutes

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Martin Collins, reflecting upon the concept of light as a revealer of truth and a means to expose error, admonishes that we must strive to walk in the light, having a higher standard of righteousness. As we become illuminated by God"s Spirit, we have an increased understanding the rest of the world lacks. Without this infusion of godly wisdom and understanding, the carnal mind remains in total ignorance though it may have a brilliant IQ. It is impossible for the natural man to understand Godly truths. When we receive God's Holy Spirit with Christ dwelling in us, we become a light to the world. When we have God"s Spirit, we will know the truth (through absorbing God's Word) and the truth will make us free, liberating us from the works of darkness, clothing ourselves in light and producing works (or fruits) of righteousness, emulating our Heavenly Father and our Elder Brother Jesus Christ. Counterfeit good works practiced by those not yet called may come from a dark motivation, emanating Satan, who transforms himself into an angel of light. Spiritual fruit is not ready made or created by fiat, but it takes time for a fruit tree to develop. Godly liberty cannot exist apart from the truth and the light imparted by God's Holy Spirit. In the millennial prophecies, God's called-out ones will have inherent light radiating from them in the manner of a prism disbursing light waves of goodness, righteousness, and truth, motivating good works toward others, demonstrating that if they have Christ living in them, they are the light of the world, open and transparent for all to see, having nothing to hide or conceal.

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Apple tree Artificial rose Bias in our members Bible as literature Blessings and Curses Carnal mind Christmas tree analogy Concern for others Darkness and Light Fruit of light Fruit tree Godliness Good pagan Goodness Holy Spirit Lawlessness Light in the Lord Light to the world Light Mind Morality Motivation for good works Natural mind Plumb-line Prism Religiosity Righteousness River analogy Spiritual truth Works of darkness Yellow pencils Vessels of Dishonor Vessels of honor Vine and branch analogy

Light reveals God and it produces fruit; but light also exposes what is wrong. How could an artist paint a true picture in darkness? How could an ophthalmologist find out what is wrong with a person's sight without shining a light in the eye? How could a surgeon remove cancer in darkness? Light reveals the truth, and exposes the true character of things.

I find it very interesting that, in the last couple of weeks, this section of Scripture has been danced around and danced in at least three times, in messages that we have had. I feel very strongly that God wants us to take a close look at this, and what I am going to give you today is maybe a little more detailed on this segment of what Paul wrote.

The apostle Paul explains why the unbeliever, or the non-Christian, stays clear of the church and the Bible; they will avoid it at all costs. God's light reveals his true character, and the exposure is not very complimentary. In contrast, as we walk in the light we refuse to fellowship with the darkness, and we expose the dark things of sin for what they really are, just by our very lives, and this is why we are going to be seeing more persecution of those who follow the Christian way.

Ephesians 5:8-11 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.

In verse 8, the apostle Paul reminded the Ephesians of what they once were—'you were once darkness.' Next, he proceeds to remind them—'now you are light in the Lord.'

What Paul is describing here is not only the difference between the Christian and the person who is blatantly and obviously not a Christian, but the difference also between the person who is a true Christian, a true believer, and 'light in the Lord,' and the so-called good, moral person, who is not a Christian. Sometimes those lines get blurred, especially from people in the world.

This becomes important because of verse 9, where we are told that 'the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.' But there is a type of person found in the world who is not a Christian, who tells us he is not a Christian, and who almost boasts of the fact that he is not a Christian. On the surface he seems to be a good and moral person and he seems interested in truth and in integrity, in other words he is 'a good pagan,' if we can use that phrase. I am using the word 'good' there very loosely, as the world does.

He may be a religious person, because you can be religious without being a Christian, and it is very important to differentiate between these two. It is only as we see the characteristics of the light that we begin to be able to draw these all-important distinctions, because the Christian is not merely a person who has received a certain amount of enlightenment, he is light; 'but now you are light in the Lord.' .We are 'light in the Lord' because Christ dwells in us and we live God's way of life. If we do not live God's way of life then the light is not in us, and the ramifications are eternal.

So the question is: how does this light manifest itself?

First and foremost, it does so in the mind. Biblical truth comes primarily to the mind, to the intellect, and to the understanding; it is not some sort of vague feeling people get. Vague feelings may have nothing to do with Christianity at all. This is always a matter of truth, so we start with the mind. And the first thing we see about ourselves as Christians is that we show that, since we have become 'light in the Lord' we have a knowledge that we lacked before.

Darkness is characterized by ignorance: light is characterized by knowledge and understanding and, above all, by a knowledge of God; not merely a knowledge about certain things concerning God, or a knowledge about God's existence. It is not a knowledge that is accessible to everyone, but uniquely to the Christian.

But the Christian has a further knowledge. We are in the position described by Jesus Christ in the Gospel of John:

John 17:3 "And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

Yes, it includes a knowledge about God; but it goes beyond that, it includes a reverence and a knowledge of God open only to the Christian, and that all others in the world lack. Things become very exciting for us in God's church because we have that mystery, that uniqueness that other people seek, but they are in darkness and cannot find it.

The spiritual faculty is the thing that differentiates us, as Christians, from everybody else. It gives us an insight into, and an understanding and respect of, spiritual truth. But all non-Christians lack this. They have minds and they have intellects. If you present them with a secular situation they can understand it and can reason about it. There is no shortage of intellect, there is no shortage of what we might call brain power there.

They can do the same thing with poetry, music, science, and most other secular subjects. But when you present the spiritual truth of the Bible to them, they have no faculty that enables them to truly understand. They see little or nothing of any value in it. It is foolishness to them, it seems like a lot of nonsense to them, and they shrug it off. There are a lot of people like that, many of which end up in the media. There also seems to be a great concentration of people in high positions of government and in the news media who are very intelligent people, but do not have a clue as to how to resolve problems with integrity and truth.

Have you noticed their complete failure to think spiritually? They cannot help it, of course; they are blind, they are lacking in the faculty, they are not 'light in the Lord,'—they are darkness, and it shows in their every comment. They are afflicted by this ignorance, their foolish hearts are darkened, and their confused minds are blinded by the god of this world.

During the Millennium, people will not have to suffer Satan's influence and blinding power, because he will be bound in outer darkness during those 1,000 years. But people will still have to deal with their own human nature, which tends to keep people in darkness. But we are 'light in the Lord' and because of that, we will be helping people out of that darkness in a global way during the Millennium. It is very important for us to prepare now.

Belief in Christ, and God's truth, is not a question of intellectual capacity at all. People think that certain persons are not Christians because of their great brains, their great intellectual capacity. Even some Christians tend to think like that, and are troubled by the fact that these great intellects are not Christians. It does not matter how perfect the instrument is, if it lacks this spiritual quality, this spiritual ability, it amounts to nothing at all. 'The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him.' He is 'darkness,' he is not 'light in the Lord.

But the moment we become a Christian, the first thing that we become aware of is that we have been given a spiritual power. We now possess an understanding in the realm where formerly we were a stranger and felt ourselves to be an outsider. We begin to have a reverence of God and a respect for His truth. So this spiritual power—the Holy Spirit—infuses us with this light.

Because we are Christians, we are 'light in the Lord' and we have an understanding and an anxiety of the fact of sin. Non-Christians do not know what it means to be a sinner; the whole idea seems to be ridiculous to them. God has instilled in every person, from creation, a general understanding of right and wrong. They explain the whole of conduct in terms of environment, heredity, a bad gene or upbringing, and things like that. They are not aware of the fact that there is a principle of evil in humans that debases all his judgments, a bias, a tendency towards evil.

Paul calls it a 'law in our members,' always trying to drag us down. It means nothing to them; they know nothing about a spiritual conflict within. But when a person is called and reacts positively and faithfully by accepting Jesus Christ as his personal Savior, by repenting, by being baptized and by receiving the Holy Spirit by the laying on of hands, he becomes aware that he is the seat of this tremendous battle and fight. He is aware that he is a sort of enigma. He is aware of these forces struggling within him. We are supposed to reflect the light, and with Christ dwelling in us we are that light. Of course we cannot fully be that light until we become spirit beings, but we are beginning to use that light now as a witness to others.

The person who is 'light in the Lord' is a person who knows the way of salvation through Jesus Christ, and he can explain it to others. This is not merely a teaching of the apostle Paul. The apostle Peter, in his first epistle says the same thing:

I Peter 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;

This is very important today and it is going to be even more important to have a reason for the hope that is in you at the beginning of the Millennium, when we begin to rule in that light.

The Christian can do that because he has an understanding of the one and only way of salvation. The Christian is a person who comes to it with a new mind, he is 'light in the Lord,' the written Word of God is all important to him. He sees this extraordinary truth in it, and he has an increasing understanding of it. We do not learn everything all at one time when we come into the church, in fact it takes a lifetime to absorb and internalize, and get these things set in our heart.

In addition, the Christian not only has this new understanding and reverence, but he has a heart that can respond to it, and this distinguishes him from the non-Christian. Some seem to be so inclined that they can take a kind of intellectual interest in the Bible, but their hearts do not respond to it in a way that motivates them to do anything about it. Certain people are interested in the Bible as literature, or as philosophy, and so on. But they are not gripped and moved by the truth.

But a person who is 'light in the Lord,' has a heart that is light. And he is someone who feels the power of the truth. 'You shall know the truth and the truth will make you free.' So it is a foundational part of the Christian. He feels the power of the Word, and is moved by it. The apostle Paul put it this way:

Romans 6:17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.

Without that obeying from the heart now, no one will be a ruler in the Millennium.

So the Christian is a person who 'obeys from the heart,' the person who has light in his heart.

He is not totally sinless and he is not perfect, but though he occasionally sins he desires holiness, he hungers and thirsts after righteousness.

He seeks for it and the Kingdom of God. He wants to be in the Family of God. The desire of his heart is to know God the Father and His Son, and to live as they do. His heart has become 'light in the Lord.' So we begin to see the strong link that there is between the Christian and God the Father and Jesus Christ. We know that the power of the Holy Spirit, the mind of God, dwells in us, and that is our link. Another word for that spirit is light.

Let us consider the aspect of the will. This is the area that the apostle Paul is especially concerned about in this section of Ephesians 5. Here, we come to character as it shows itself in expression, that is in action.

Ephesians 5:9 (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth)

In one respect, this translation in the King James Version and the New King James Version is not exact. The translation most in accordance with the best manuscripts is: 'The fruit of light is in all goodness and righteousness and truth.' Both the English Standard Version and the New International Version translate it this way. Of course, it amounts generally to the same thing; it is the Spirit that provides light, there is no light apart from it, and so it is not surprising that the Spirit is used here. We can take it either way: 'fruit of the Spirit,' or 'fruit of the light;' it is equally true in both cases.

The characteristic and significant word in relation to 'darkness' is 'works.'

Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.

He does not say the unfruitful fruit of darkness, but the unfruitful works of darkness. But when Paul speaks of the light and the manifestations of light, he no longer speaks of 'works,' but of 'fruit.' So, what is the significance of this change in the use of terms, contrasting 'the fruit of the light' with the 'works of darkness?'

The great characteristic of the life of the true Christian is good fruit, and this tells us that it is only when a person becomes a Christian that he really becomes true. It is only the Christian who begins to approximate to what a person is meant to be, that is to say, what man was when God first created him. He was made and created in the image of God, he was made upright. But as a result of his sin he perverted what God had made true. The trouble with man in sin is that he is false in the way that he lives his life.

One of the greatest depictions of 'the true,' of 'the real,' in the whole Bible is in Psalm 104, regarding God's original Creation.

Psalm 104:1-35 Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great: You are clothed with honor and majesty, who cover Yourself with light as with a garment, who stretch out the heavens like a curtain. He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters, who makes the clouds His chariot, who walks on the wings of the wind, who makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire. You who laid the foundations of the earth, so that it should not be moved forever, You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. At Your rebuke they fled; at the voice of Your thunder they hastened away. They went up over the mountains; they went down into the valleys, to the place which You founded for them. You have set a boundary that they may not pass over, that they may not return to cover the earth. He sends the springs into the valleys, they flow among the hills. They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. By them the birds of the heavens have their home; they sing among the branches. He waters the hills from His upper chambers; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works. He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and vegetation for the service of man, that he may bring forth food from the earth, and wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread which strengthens man's heart. The trees of the LORD are full of sap, the cedars of Lebanon which He planted, where the birds make their nests; the stork has her home in the fir trees. The high hills are for the wild goats; the cliffs are a refuge for the rock badgers. He appointed the moon for seasons; the sun knows its going down. You make darkness, and it is night, in which all the beasts of the forest creep about. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God. When the sun rises, they gather together and lie down in their dens. Man goes out to his work and to his labor until the evening. O LORD, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. The earth is full of Your possessions—This great and wide sea, in which are innumerable teeming things, living things both small and great. There the ships sail about; there is that Leviathan which You have made to play there. These all wait for You, that You may give them their food in due season. What You give them they gather in; You open Your hand, they are filled with good. You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; and You renew the face of the earth. May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works. He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the hills, and they smoke. I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. May my meditation be sweet to Him; I will be glad in the LORD. May sinners be consumed from the earth, and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul! Praise the LORD!

We see there how perfectly He created it and how perfectly everything went together. But man came along and started to destroy, distort, and pollute the environment. At the beginning of the Millennium this is what it is going to be like again, but God will put things back into balance. It will take the power of God to do that.

The psalmist is speaking of creation, of course, and telling us how everything displays the glory of God: the mountains, the rivers, the birds, the trees, and so on. And then having described the various works of creation, he looks at man, and he feels there is only one point to make about him here at the end of the psalm: 'May sinners be consumed from the earth, and the wicked be no more.' Why? Because of man's perverted way and what he has done to the earth.

Because the sinner is a monstrosity in God's universe, he has become false. But when a man becomes a Christian, the first thing is that he begins to become true, and he begins to function as he was meant to do. Man was not originally created in his sinful state. Each individual has done that, and it is not a case of Adam and Eve sinned and everyone else is under that sin. Each and every one of us has to bear our own sins, but thanks to Jesus Christ and His sacrifice we have been forgiven.

The purpose of a fruit tree is to produce fruit; that is the true order. But how often do we think of the Christian in these terms? On the other hand, non-Christians, unbelievers are false, they are monstrosities, and they do works of darkness. The blessing and cursing chapter (Deuteronomy 28) is basically promising blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience—the choice to live in light or darkness. As we know, the world has chosen the cursed side.

There is never anything artificial, mechanical, or machine-like about the life of a Christian. His life is similar to the way fruit grows on a tree. We should never give the appearance of being machine-like, or machine produced, but we should be true and genuine, which leads to being loving, righteous, and true.

Christians cannot be instantly 'produced to order,' neither can our life or activities and actions. There is an important distinction here. It is here that we see the real difference between Christian behavior and living on the one hand, and the kind of conduct and behavior that characterizes the devotees of the false religions on the other. The members of false religions are always machine-made, they are always externally 'produced to order.'

A Christian should not give the impression that he has merely placed things on the outside.His life is comparable to a true living tree, whereas, the life of false religionists, or religious hobbyists, resembles a Christmas tree. In the case of the Christmas tree, people have to hang the fruit on it—the gifts and the presents. It is an artificial or dead false tree, and a deceptive tree.

But the characteristic of the real live true tree is that the fruit grows out of it, you do not hang it onto the branches. So the Christian and his manner of life should not give the impression of charming people. He should not wear religion as a banner or flag that is waved to proclaim his own righteousness.

People of false religions always let you know what good and wonderful works they have done. It is not that it is wrong for people to find out, it is the attitude involved—what is the motivation? Why was it done? They proclaim their good conduct and behavior and things they have overcome to all, so it is only a cloak worn on the surface hiding what really lies beneath the skin—the false heart.

Christians should not be this way. God has not granted us liberty so that we may feel free to break His laws, but there are consequences as we read in Deuteronomy. He has granted us liberty so that we may live our lives in service and genuine devotion to Him, and be of benefit to others. So, we have that choice.

I Peter 2:15-16 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men—as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God.

False religion falsely simulates reality. The technology today to reproduce certain things is quite impressive. It is very difficult at times to tell the difference between a living flower and an artificial one, especially from a distance.

People are very clever; they can make an artificial rose that looks so real, at first glance, it can almost deceive an expert. Satan becomes an angel of light, and he counterfeits the true, but it is still artificial, it is still without life, it is something manufactured and copied. We should never give that impression. Our fruit is to be the fruit of truth, the fruit of the Spirit, and the 'the fruit of light!'

To carry the analogy further, there should always be at least an indication of the element of steady growth and of development in the life of the Christian. Without forcing the analogy, let us continue to look at it in terms of this true fruit tree. You go to bed one night, having looked at the tree just before you went in, and there it was, just the branches and the leaves, nothing more. Next morning you get up and open your door and go out into your garden, and there you see the tree covered, teeming, with fruit fully developed. But that never happens, does it?

You get buds, later you see flowers, then you get just a hint that fruit is on the way; then that fruit begins to develop until finally it reaches maturity. That is the Christian—the fruit! It does not happen suddenly, it is not something artificial hung on the branches overnight. It is not ready-made.

There is only an appearance of true Christianity. True Christianity produces genuine true fruit, and in its production there is always the element of growth and of development, leading to spiritual maturity.

While all fruit is essentially the same, it is equally true to say that there are always individual differences. Look at an apple tree teeming with apples. Even though they are all apples, they are not all identical in shape, or in color. There is a little more red in one, a little less in another, and so on. There are all sorts of minor differences and variations in the fruit.

And this is always the characteristic of true Christians. But it is not characteristic of the followers and the devotees of false religions. They are always the same, they are mass-produced counterfeits.

Christians are fruit, the fruit of the light! We are called into the glorious liberty of the children of God. We have true life, we are true fruit, and one of our characteristics is the liberty that leads to true variety and variation.

As fellow members of God's church we should never expect everybody to fit into our mold, or our idea of what should be.

What makes up liberty?

John 8:34-36 Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed."

Sin is the power that enslaves us in bondage; but liberty consists of more than external freedom, or in having the power of choice; it also consists of deliverance from the darkening of the mind. Liberty consists of deliverance from the oppression of sinful lusts and the attraction of the will, induced by wrong desire. In a positive respect, liberty relies on the possession of holiness, with the will and ability to do what is right, good and true. This God-given liberty is possible only in a renewed condition of the mind, and cannot exist apart from godliness.

The instrument through which this liberty is imparted is 'the truth.' In John 8:32, Jesus told the Jews who believed Him, "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

The main hindrance liberty has is what comes from the nature and intrinsic quality of the person granted the liberty. The main thing that stops a person from abusing liberty, and doing something wrong, is his integrity, morality, and righteousness.

Here is an illustration. Water flows freely, or has liberty to flow down the channel of the river, when there is no impediment across and in the river, but the banks are impediments to the water, keeping it from ascending over them; and as long as there is no conflict, the water can flow freely down the river in a narrow and definite direction. But unlike people the water never says it wants the liberty to ascend, but the ability or power to flow down the river. This is because the incapability to ascend over the banks is in the nature of the water.

Jesus Christ has made us free—He has given us liberty—by giving us the knowledge of God's truth through the power of His Holy Spirit. That is what gives us the internal governor to properly and righteously use the liberty we have been given.

Galatians 5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.

Now back to the fruit of light analogy. Fruit always comes from the inside outwards. In a sense, fruit is an expression of the life of the tree that produces it. It is something that comes out of the character, out of the life! It is the same way with the Christian. Fruit always comes from within and is the expression of the true nature.

Ephesians 5:8-9 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.

Let us go a little further and emphasize that not only must we not allow other people to dictate to us and to impose things upon us, we should not do anything solely in terms of our own mind and our own understanding either. Proverbs 14:12 and 16:25 say, "There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death."

God has put certain principles within us. The light of the mind and heart and will, that is, the dynamo, is the thing that gets us going, the pressure from within. And what we are called upon to do is to cultivate the heart and mind. If we cultivate it truly, the fruit will appear; the conduct, the behavior, the work, and all these other things, will come out of it.

The apostle Paul puts it in writing to Timothy, that it is our responsibility to see that we are vessels that are fit for the Master's use.

II Timothy 2:20-21 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor. Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.

Our duty is to be vessels that are fit for God's use. In a sense, we are both vessels and we are living trees with the nutriment, the sap, and the life. Jesus Christ is our Master and He is the Vine, and we are the branches. As long as we look at the truth in this way, we should be able to avoid most of the pitfalls that are so dangerous to us, and to the whole Church.

The millennial vision is specifically an agrarian vision of cultivated land that produces crops. It will be a golden age where farmers experience reward for their toil. It is full of richness.

Amos 9:13-15 Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "when the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him who sows seed; the mountains shall drip with sweet wine, and all the hills shall flow with it. I will bring back the captives of My people Israel; they shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them; they shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them. I will plant them in their land, and no longer shall they be pulled up from the land I have given them," Says the LORD your God.

The people of that new age will be radiant over the goodness of the LORD, over the grain, the wine, and the oil, and their life will be like a watered garden, according to Jeremiah and Joel.

It is a vision of abundance. Everywhere there will be overflowing energy and abundance. It is a time of earthly prosperity par excellence. Isaiah says God promises to extend prosperity like a river, and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream. Ezekiel prophesies that God promises to provide prosperous plantations so that people will not have to be hungry anymore. That will be made possible by fruit that is produced by light.

Remember the apostle Paul writes in Ephesians 5:8, that we as Christian's are people who are 'light in the Lord,' and in verse 9, we find him telling us that the light shows itself in certain ways, "for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth." He seems here to be holding a prism under the light. And what the prism does, of course, is to break up the light into its component parts. The word "prism" defined:

In optics, a prism is a transparent optical element with flat, polished surfaces that refract light. The exact angles between the surfaces depend on the application. The traditional geometrical shape is that of a triangular prism with a triangular base and rectangular sides, and in colloquial use "prism" usually refers to this type of a glass object.

How do prisms work?

Light changes speed as it moves from one medium to another (for example, from air into the glass of the prism). This speed change causes the light to be refracted and to enter the new medium at a different angle. The degree of bending of the light's path depends on the angle that the incident beam of light makes with the surface, and on the ratio between the refractive indices of the two media. The refractive index of many materials (such as glass) varies with the wavelength or color of the light used, a phenomenon known as dispersion. This causes light of different colors to be refracted differently and to leave the prism at different angles, creating an effect similar to a rainbow. This effect can be used to separate a beam of white light into its constituent spectrum of colors. Color is the visible manifestation of light's wavelength.

So light produces a sort of spectrum that Paul demonstrates in the words, 'in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.' We read his actual exhortation in Ephesians 5:

Ephesians 5:8-10 but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth,) finding out what is acceptable to the Lord.

So we do not become forgetful of the characteristics of the light, he divides it up for us here (in a parenthesis) as a prism divides the natural light, into goodness, righteousness, and truth—all goodness, all righteousness, and all truth—and we have to look carefully at these three very important words.

Ephesians 5:9 'The fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.'

The first word is goodness, and then comes righteousness. Paul was very much interested in these two words, and he often puts them together. For example, in Romans 5, although they are there in a different order. He is showing how 'God commends His love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.' That, he says, is truly amazing because you do not find that sort of thing among people. And then he puts it like this in Romans 5:

Romans 5:7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die.

There he takes the righteous man first and then mentions the good man; but in Ephesians he starts with the good man and continues with the righteous man. The order of the two terms is not the same in both cases, and Paul always has a good reason for this. Paul is working up toward something in Romans 5, but in Ephesians he is from above downwards; so he starts with the word goodness.

What is goodness? Here is a word that we tend to use thoughtlessly and casually, but it is a very a wonderful word. Goodness is one of the characteristics of God Himself. 'God is good to all.' 'The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.' Paul somewhat defines it in Romans 2:

Romans 2:4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness, forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

We see there that there is a definite and primary spiritual context given.

Goodness means benevolence. It is always indicative of a perfect blend in the various parts of the personality. A good man (or woman) is a perfectly blended person, a man who exemplifies all that is noble and who does excellent works harmoniously together.

His various attributes, and his personality, are seen as perfectly combined. And the result of this is that he is a man who is concerned to promote the happiness of all around him. He is not selfish, not self-centered, but because he has this blend himself he is concerned about others.

It is the goodness of God that leads us to repentance; it is God looking on our misery, our unhappiness, and all that is true of us as the result of sin. God is good to everyone; He makes His sun rise on the evil and the good, and sends His rain on the just and unjust. Although people are evil and unjust, He does this for them anyway. In a general sense, He gives them what they need to survive. But for those who are in the light of the Lord, or course we get greater spiritual blessings, so that we can improve in character and in our work as a witness to the world.

In people, we see a very pale reflection of the same thing. The good man is a man who thinks about love and beauty and truth. He is concerned about others and does not like to see their suffering; so he tries to alleviate suffering and to diminish wrongs. There are some very, very caring people out there in the world. He is always looking for opportunities to do this, his heart is full of benevolence, and he is concerned about benefiting others. It is a complete contrast to the unfruitful works of darkness, which are of no benefit or value to anyone at all.

The sinner is no benefactor, he is purely selfish, he is out to satisfy and gratify his own lusts and desires. His attitude is "I must have it! I want it, and I want it now!"

The first thing you see as you hold up the prism to the light is that the man who is 'light' is full of goodness—this thing that goes out to others and is concerned about helping them and improving their condition.

God is good to all. And the Christian in turn should be good to everyone as well.

John 8:12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."

The person who follows and obeys and lives according to Christ's teachings becomes 'light in the Lord.'

Matthew 5:14-16 You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

God and Jesus Christ are the source of the light. Christ is the 'light of the world' and since His Spirit dwells in every Christian, we are also (in a secondary way) 'the light of the world.' As God is good to everyone, we must be good to all in the same way. We must shine through goodness and good works!

The apostle Paul's second word is 'righteousness.'

Ephesians 5:9 'The fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth.'

Righteousness differs from goodness in that it brings in legal ideas and conceptions. It means conformity to law, and is a narrower term than goodness.

Righteousness is something that you think of in terms of the prescriptions and the demands of a law, and conformity to that law. It means more than just uprightness, and a manifesting of justice; it means in fact being right with God. You test the rightness, the uprightness, of a wall or a door by using a plumb line. That is the general idea of righteousness.

The apostle Paul is saying that righteousness is the characteristic of the Christian. He is right and just in and of himself: in his own handling of himself, what he does is upright and just, and he is fair also in his treatment of others; he never violates the rules or the laws with regard to them. He never does them any wrong; and he respects their rights and possessions. Of course this is what we are all trying to attain to. We all have our faults and we are all trying to work through them, and overcome.

In other words, we can think of righteousness in terms of the Ten Commandments, and what we are told about not coveting the things that belong to others. The person who has who has the full spectrum of light in him is never guilty of coveting his neighbor's possessions and rights.

He is not governed by his impulses and his desires, he wants to know what is right, what is just, what is equitable, what is really fair to his fellow-man. He loves his neighbor as himself. Righteousness lies in a perfect conformity to the law, not to the letter only, but also to the spirit.

A common characteristic of the non-Christian's life is lawlessness, every man for himself, with no thought of caring about other people's rights. We see a lot of this in the life of society today. In fact, most of the troubles and problems that are confronting the politicians and others are due to an absence of goodness, righteousness, and truth. These three always seem to go together.

Romans 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

The absence of godliness is always accompanied by the absence of righteousness. There is no greater fallacy than that which has characterized the immoral teaching of the last 120 years or so, namely, that you could shed the godliness and still hold on to the righteousness; that you could dismiss the Bible, but still get the conduct that the Bible promotes. Understanding of morality has reached such a low level that people think that they can remove the Ten Commandments from society and still have goodness and uprightness. It just cannot happen. So we see the good pagan out there. A good pagan is by worldly standards only good according to the world. Many times he appears as the good "Christian" from the outside, but he is the Christmas tree.

So Paul is reminding the Ephesian believers, and us today, in Ephesians 5, to come back to God, to have this light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, shining in our hearts. This leads not only to the goodness that characterizes God Himself, but in turn leads to righteousness in character and in conduct in every sphere of life.

In other words, the Christian is a person whose life is governed by principles. He knows what he is doing, and he knows why he is doing it. He is not just conforming to a pattern, he has reasons, he is working out his total commitments, he is a righteous person because he knows that the law of God is perfect and right, converting the heart and mind. Moses ascribes these qualities, these attributes to the Source, to God Himself

Deuteronomy 32:3-4 For I proclaim the name of the LORD: Ascribe greatness to our God. He is the Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice, a God of truth and without injustice; righteous and upright is He.

The apostle Paul's third word is 'truth.' This of course is a very important and vital element. By 'truth,' in this context, Paul is referring to a series of contrasts with what he has been saying about the non-Christian life.

Ephesians 5:9 for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth

In verse 12, we are told that 'it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret;' elsewhere Paul talks about the 'hidden things of darkness.' These are one and the same.

Truth is the exact opposite of all these types of things. The characteristic of the life of the Christian is that there is no deceit in it, nothing hidden, or underhanded or dishonest, nothing that stinks of hypocrisy or pretense. Truth's characteristics are that it is open and transparent, and that has to be the hardest thing for human nature to allow to happen.

As Paul points out in verse 13, 'all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light.'

That is not the best translation, but there is that meaning to it. You cannot conceal anything when light comes. Imagine that you are walking along a dark country road. Suddenly a car comes with its headlights ablaze, and at once everything becomes visible, and you see all sorts of creeping things disappearing into the shadows.

Light exposes everything, and that is the effect of truth within the personality. The Christian is an open person, who has nothing to conceal or to hide. He does not pretend to be something that he is not. He is what he is by the grace of God, very different from that other type of person, whose whole life is lived in deceit. The non-Christian trusts nobody, and nobody trusts him; you cannot believe him, you never know when he is speaking the truth. And, he cannot even trust himself to look after his own body; just look at the health of this world.

Adam and Eve, after they had sinned, covered themselves with fig leaves and went behind the trees of the Garden to hide themselves from God, and the ungodly person still does the same thing in his own way. That is always the characteristic of the life of sin—hidden! Untrustworthy! Deceitful!

But the Christian is the exact opposite of all this, there is transparency about him; he is completely aboveboard, he is not hiding anything, there is no pretense, he is sincere. These qualities come from God who is the source of and the essence of light.

I John 1:5-8 This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice 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 Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

The Christian is what he is because of the grace and truth of God. This truth has entered him and governs him; so his life is characterized by truth in all its varied and glorious manifestations.

We can sum up the light by saying that it is the most beneficent thing in the world. It is a wonderful thing in and of itself. It does a tremendous amount of good. Nobody likes a foggy day, but we glory in the light and the sunshine.

We must never forget that we are God's workmanship, created new in Jesus Christ for good works. We must be 'light in the Lord;' and when this happens we produce spiritual fruit. We are branches of the true Vine, and are meant to produce the fruit of light to the glory of God.

The fruit of light is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth. You are the 'light in the Lord.' 'Walk as children of light.' If we do this, we will have the opportunity of ruling with light in the Millennium. We will shine with Jesus Christ and God the Father, and shed light on the truth, and help individuals coming out of the tribulation. In the Millennium we will be able to help rule them with light.

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Mara Abbott (Boulder, Colo./Peanut Butter & Co TWENTY 12) riding for the USA Cycling Women's National Development Program, won the overall Giro Donne today in Italy. The 25-year-old soloed to wins in stages 8 and 9 and finished in the main pack in Sunday's final stage 10 to win the race’s general classification. The team exercised its strategy perfectly, defending Abbott's pink leader’s jersey … [Read more...]

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Melbourne Stars have asserted their dominance on the KFC T20 Big Bash League, crushing the Sydney Sixers by 77 runs to move to the top of the ladder on Saturday night.

The massive victory, after they restricted the Sixers to 9-123 in their 20 overs in pursuit of 201 for victory, was built around the all-round class of Glenn Maxwell and the best bowling attack in the competition.

Maxwell smashed 37 off 18 in a destructive cameo, took three wickets with his developing off-spinners while also taking a catch and producing a stunning run out to live up to his "Big Show" moniker.

The win, which also saw David Hussey hit his eighth BBL half century, follows a 76-run first week flogging of the Melbourne Renegades and leaves them all alone atop the BBL ladder.

The Sixers were rarely in the contest, struggling in the face of the Stars' five-pronged pace attack - and giving the healthy crowd of 20,368 little to cheer about.

Pace trio Jackson Bird (1-29), Clint McKay (1-8) and John Hastings (1-17) all took wickets, and all have represented Australia in the past 12 months.

It's a formidable line-up - and that's before you factor in Sri Lankan star Lasith Malinga and rising Australian all-rounder James Faulkner, who both contributed on Sunday.

Earlier, Maxwell and Luke Wright (28 off 17) provided the fireworks as the visitors posted 5-200 from their 20 overs.

Maxwell, who went to the Mumbai Indians for $1 million in the IPL auction this year, hit three fours and two sixes in an exhilarating innings while adding 57 with Hussey.

Maxwell employed the switch hit to great effect, smacking consecutive boundaries off Ravi Bopara.

Hussey, who posted his eighth BBL half century, had earlier put on 74 with Matt Wade (36).

Josh Hazlewood did an admirable job to limit the Stars, taking 3-20 including the scalps of Brad Hodge (0) and Cam White (9) in one destructive over.

Paceman Brett Lee, who battered TV host Piers Morgan in a fiery net session two days ago, didn't fare as well, conceding 25 runs in his first two overs to finish with 0-37.

"It was definitely `Showtime' tonight, however he (Maxwell) wants to describe it," Faulkner said.

"I don't know what goes through your head when you try to play three reverse lap (shots) in an over but they all came off - so credit where it's due.

"He's a fantastic talent for Australian cricket."

Lee said the Stars had earned the right to be deemed title favourites after their ominous start to the summer.

"Well they're an international side, aren't they?" he said.

"They've got 11 players that have played international cricket - they're very hard to compete with.

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In a recent Reader Comment for the Nova Paradise Theatre in West Bend, Wisconsin, one of our readers pointed out that the theater's Tuesday promotion of bringing your own bag and having it filled with popcorn for free was stopped by the government.

We checked it out, and we found a January 8, 2012 story published in the Washington County section of the web site that provides some details:

Movie goers in West Bend have long enjoyed the Tuesday bring-your-own-bag popcorn promotion at the Paradise Theatre, 2014 Parkway Dr.

Since the theatre opened in the mid-1990s customers would pay admission on Tuesday, bring their own bag and the clerk at the concession stand will fill it with free popcorn.

Butter and refills were available at an added expense.

That promotion however, is no more due to a recommendation from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection.

 “This was not written up as a violation,” said Donna Gilson public information officer with the State.

“This was a recommendation that the theatre stop this practice because if the bag comes in and it’s dirty and you haven’t washed your hands, bacteria is getting on that bag; even if you use a scoop for the popcorn – the scoop goes right down in the bag and some kernels bounce out into the bin and that’s where the cross contamination possibility comes from,” she said.

The same recommendation, said Gilson, applied to the theatre’s Wednesday promotion where customers bring their own cup to get a free soda. That practice is no longer allowed either.

Paradise Theatre manager Sanford Cohn said he has never had any problem since starting with the company in 2005. Cohn confirmed, nobody had ever gotten sick or was killed by the theatre’s free-popcorn promotion.

“I’m not going to argue; I just want to keep the peace,” he said.

In an effort to continue the promotions, the theatre now pays for 32-ounce bags and 12-ounce cups. Free popcorn is still provided on Tuesday and a free small soda on Wednesday.

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    Given an elliptical trainer, a stationary recumbent bike, and a treadmill .... I'd choose either the treadmill, or going for a walk outside. You don't have to get your HR up to 80% of max every time you work out to maintain your fitness level.

    Given an elliptical trainer, an upright stationary bike, and a treadmill .... I'd choose the upright stationary bike and going for a walk outside. And in fact, that's exactly what I'm doing this month.

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    I used to travel 4 days, every week.

    I got to where I could do a pretty killer workout with nothing but a hotel room floor, if needed. Although running shoes are nice. A decent gym was just a major bonus.

    - running ain't bad, but I did intervals instead of long jogs
    - stairwells make for great hill repeats - run up, walk down. try to be quiet for the people in adjoining rooms
    - some hotels have free guest passes for local full-size gyms
    - I hate and never used the tiny little gyms that most have
    - learn basic core work, calisthenics, etc. For example look at and related sites.
    - for a cyclist, lunges and hindu squats can do a lot of good
    - during the week I focused on intervals / strength / speed. Weekends were for endurance.

    here's one example:
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