Light

 

“In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend [or overpower] it.” (John 1:4 – 5). “There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.” (John 1:9).

 

In Romans 1:18 – 23 and 2:12 – 16 Paul shows that all men have an inner knowledge of God, no matter our culture, no matter our education, no matter our external condition, we are all born with an awareness of God; doesn’t this make sense since we are created in the image of God?

 

Of course, we are also all born as sinners; we are not sinners because we sin, rather we sin because we are sinners, Paul makes quite the point of this in Romans Chapter Three. As we’ll see later in John’s Gospel, when we come into a relationship with Jesus Christ we are no longer sinners, but rather saints.

 

So on the one hand Jesus Christ gives everyone light, and on the other hand we are all born sinners – so we struggle with this dichotomy, even after we come to know Jesus Christ and are living the unfolding fulness of His Light, we are still on pilgrimage of living increasingly in the Light.

 

What has been your experience of living in the Light of Jesus Christ? How are you learning to see life in His Light? Are your days getting brighter and brighter?

 

What does Proverbs 4:18 say to you? “But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, that shines brighter and brighter until the full day.”