Ephesians 5:12,13 - Exposed by the light

5:12

Paul did not beat about the bush in what he thought about the ways of the world. The things the world did were so dire that it was shameful even to speak about them. Sexual immorality and things involved in pagan worship were dire in Paul's day.

5:13

Evil deeds are usually done in secret, but the light of God exposes the darkness. Even when the world is blatant about its sinfulness it still seeks to hide the reality. The world proclaims abortion as a "good", but won't allow campaigners against abortion to show pictures of what is involved. Gay relationships are presented as an unalloyed good, but the world says nothing about the health risks and the extremely high promiscuity involved. Sex outside marriage is  presented as good and normal, but a blind eye is turned to the immense emotional suffering and harm that goes along with it. Christians are very keen on quoting John 3:16, but very few, I suspect, know what comes next. After that it says men so loved the darkness that they would not come into the light, and so they are condemned. Go and read John 3:16-21. Part of the effect, indeed part of the purpose, of the light of God is to expose sin for what it is.