Christ All in All: Christ is our Light

I'm reading a series of sermons by Philip Henry (Matthew Henry the Bible Commentator's father), and thought I would share some quotes as I go along. Using the book "Christ All in All" as a devotional, I'm reading just one sermon a day, but each one is full of rich doctrine!

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. 
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"Candles are not seen, no, nor stars nor the moon itself when the sun shines. Their light disappears. So are all other things eclipsed by the Savior. Oh, then let this advance your esteem of Him more and more. You may think too highly of others, but not of Him. Either He will be uppermost, or nothing."

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"What light the moon and planets have, they derive it all from the sun. They have none of their own further than he communicates. So Jesus Christ is the springhead and fountain from whence every good and perfect gift comes."

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"Wherein lies the misery of a blind and dark condition? It is very uncomfortable. Light is sweet and pleasant; so is knowledge in the things of God. Ask those that have it. They will tell you that they would not be without if for a world. This pleasure you have none of. Sermons are like the white of an egg to you, without savor, without relish."

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"We have cause to bless God every day for the light of the sun. What a dungeon were the world without it! The moon and all the stars, as many as they are, cannot do that which one sun does. So saints and angels and all the creatures put together are nothing without Christ. Therefore, thank God, above all, for the unspeakable gift."

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"As Christ is the light of the world, so you also are the light of the world. Let your light be growing and increasing more and more, especially concerning the evil of sin, the weakness of self, the excellency of Christ, the beauty of holiness, the vanity of this world, the reality of the other world."