They used to do it in the dark. Now it’s done in broad daylight.
Sin needed cover once. It used to sneak around like a coward, hiding in back rooms, whispering lies in alleys, lurking where no one could see. Choshek, the Hebrew word for darkness, that was its safe zone. That word doesn’t just mean “the absence of light.” It carries the idea of obscurity, concealment, even chaos. Sin has always needed that kind of environment. Because in darkness, there’s no clarity. No lines drawn. No accountability. Just blur and silence. The perfect breeding ground for wickedness.
But the moment God stepped into the picture in Genesis 1 everything changed.
“The earth was formless and empty, and darkness (choshek) was over the surface of the deep… And God said, ‘Let there be light’ (or), and there was light.”
That’s the very first dividing line God ever drew. Before commandments, before covenants, before Israel. He separated light from darkness. That alone should tell us something: they don’t belong together. They’re not compatible. They can’t coexist. One is truth. One is deception. One is clarity. The other confusion. One brings life. The other kills.
Now, for most of history, sin still had the decency to hide. Even wicked men knew to wait for the cover of night before they did their dirt. Jesus said it straight in John 3:19–20:
“This is the verdict: Light (phos) has come into the world, but people loved darkness (skotos) rather than light, because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.”
They feared the light, because the light exposes. The Greek word phos here isn’t just physical brightness. It means illumination, truth, clarity, the kind that leaves no wiggle room, no shadows to retreat into.
But now?
Now they’re not hiding at all.
They’re not waiting for night.
They’re not looking over their shoulder.
They’re standing in the middle of the street with signs and hashtags and parades and pulpits and headlines, and they’re not just sinning out in the open — they’re daring you to say something about it.
And if you do?
They pounce.
Mock you. Cancel you. Call you every name in the book. Lie about you. And they’ll do it with lights blazing and cameras rolling. Because the tactic has changed. The enemy’s strategy isn’t secrecy anymore, it’s boldness. Brazen, unfiltered, loud defiance. And the most dangerous part? They’re actually calling it “light”!
Isaiah 5:20 saw this coming:
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness (choshek) for light (or) and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!”
This is not confusion. This is calculated inversion. It’s mockery of God’s order.
Now here’s where it gets serious.
Because when sin was in the dark, many believers just stayed quiet. “It’s not my business.” “That’s between them and God.” “Don’t judge.” But now that it’s in the light, now that it’s in our faces, in our schools, in our children’s minds, in our pulpits. Now we’ve got no excuse. We MUST expose them. If We don’t, GOD surely will!
Ephesians 5:11 doesn’t give us wiggle room:
“Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness (skotos), but rather expose them.”
That Greek word there, elegcho, to expose? It means to convict by revealing, to shine light on something with enough truth that the thing can’t survive anymore. This isn’t about pointing fingers or acting superior. It’s about shining the real, holy, clean phos of God’s Word on what’s killing people.
Because that’s the part they don’t tell you.
All this bold sin out in the open? It’s not power. It’s desperation. Darkness has gotten loud because it’s terrified of being overthrown. It’s puffing its chest, roaring like a lion, but we know what the Word says, “Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” (1 Peter 5:8) Key word: like a lion. He’s not the Lion. There’s only One Lion of Judah, and He doesn’t need to roar to prove anything.
So what do we do?
We shine.
We don’t back down.
We carry the lampas, the Greek word for lamp, same one used in the parable of the ten virgins. We carry the elaion, oil, the Holy Spirit fuel that keeps the light burning when the night stretches long. We shine even when it costs us.
Because Yeshua already told us it would.
He said in John 15:18–19,
“If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated Me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you. But I chose you out of the world, that is why the world hates you.”
So when they pounce, it’s not because you said something wrong. It’s because you said something true. And truth is a spotlight that burns the eyes of those who’ve lived too long in the shadows.
But here’s what they forget:
God sees everything.
Hebrews 4:13 says,
“Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.”
So even if they do it in broad daylight, even if they call it love, freedom, progress, it’s all still seen by the One who defines light itself.
“God is light (phos), and in Him is no darkness (skotia) at all.” (1 John 1:5)
And the day is coming, fast, when every secret and every performance will be shattered by the only light that matters: the glory of the returning King.
Luke 8:17 says, “There is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.”
That’s not poetic. That’s a promise.
So don’t be afraid to speak. Don’t dim the lamp. Don’t sit quietly while darkness parades itself through the streets. You’re not the one on trial here. They are.
We are not children of the night.
We are children of the day.
And we were born for this hour.
“Let your light (phos) shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:16)
So when they say, “We dare you to say something,”
You say: “Here’s my lamp (The Bible). Here’s my oil (Yeshua). Here’s the truth (His Word). Let there be light.”
AMEN! SHALOM, SHALOM!