Spiritual light may be defined as “the revelation of God’s will to the human heart.” To walk in the light is to do that which God reveals to us as His will. It simply means minding God. One word sums it up: “obedience.”

Not necessarily so. The temptation to doubt and actual doubt are two different things. John the Baptist, while in prison, sent word to Jesus, for whom he had been the forerunner, saying, “Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?” Jesus was very patient and understanding in the answer He sent back to John, and did not imply that John had committed sin (Luke 7:22-23). Doubt may come from the devil, and should be resisted, or it may come from the fact that one is not in right relationship with God. Each individual must decide for himself which source his doubt comes from and react accordingly.

Go immediately to God in prayer. Dr. F. B. Meyer used to talk about “keeping short accounts with God.” Don’t let the sin get you down or keep you down. You don’t have to wait until the next altar service at the church. Settle it right on the spot. I John 2:1 says, “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not.” But he goes on to say, “If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” God is not waiting over you with a club ready to beat you over the head when you fall, He is merciful and will forgive “seventy times seven.” As soon as you realize you have failed, go to God with this failure — immediately.

No! Our feelings come and go, and are influenced by such factors as how much sleep we get, the food we eat, and our general physical condition. But we are saved by faith, and not by feeling (Eph. 2:8). Say with the poet, “My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness. I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus’ name.” Yes, there is feeling in salvation, but this is not our only way of knowing we are saved. Keep trusting God and His Word even when you don’t feel like it. As you “live by faith” the “feeling” will come in due time.

God has various ways of letting us know. With some it is a direct, clear, and distinct moment when they feel God speaking to them. With others it is an inner urge, or a deepening conviction that this is the will of God for their lives. This persuasion lingers with them till they say, “Yes.”

A thought of evil may flash through the mind of a person as a matter of temptation. This is not sin. The Bible says that Jesus was “in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.” Sin enters in when a person harbors an evil thought in his mind, continues to think on it and plan how he will carry through with the wicked intention. “You can’t keep the birds from flying over your head [thoughts of evil], but you can keep them from making a nest in your hair [evil thoughts].”

Psalms 27; 37; and 91; also John 14.