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6/12/2022 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Speaker: Pastor Steve Estes
Title: The Dark and Light Paths
Scripture: 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.

1. The Bible places everyone into just two categories
A. This is odd to modern people.
i. at best, "old-fashioned and overly simplistic"
ii. at worst, "There those holier-than-thou Christians go again"
B. Why does God use these terms?
i. consider what God is like
ii. all human beings are born resistant to God
iii. in the Bible, God calls His people (worshipers, followers) "righteous"

2. For those who are not His, God describes their lives as a DARK PATH
A. A figure of speech
i. main idea: danger
ii. further idea: a certain confusion/bewilderment
B. What the dark path looks like
i. may be obvious
ii. may not be obvious
iii. on a national level
iv. person is not prepared for death

3. For those who are His, God describes their lives as a path of light
A. Their path has light
B. The light they have grows

Benediction: Hear God's promise: "The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day."

#righteousness #wickedness #proverbs #Proverbs 4:18-19