Ok, so most of us know John 3:16, but how many people know the verses that follow it?
For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him.
He who believes on Him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.
And this is the condemnation, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the Light, because their deeds were evil.
For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
But he who practices truth comes to the Light so that his works may be revealed, that they exist, having been worked in God. John 3:16-21
So in the book of John, Jesus tells us that Salvation is through Him (Jesus), but He also tells us that those who believe in Him, “practice truth” so that “his works may be revealed.”
Jesus tells us we should not hide our works…, our beliefs…, who we truly are. Jesus knows each of us; we can’t hide from Him. But we can hide from others. Yet, Jesus tells us that we should glorify Him by outwardly, and publicly professing our faith in Him.
Don’t hide your Christian faith! Let it shine. Let it be the light among the darkness.
