“I Have Come Into The World As A Light”

Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; for they loved human praise more than praise from God.

Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me. I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.

“If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day. For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken. I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.”

John 12:42-50

Have you ever thought of the darkness as being oppressive? We live in a world made up of light, but the world is made dark by sin. That sin has turned against its creator. And we need the Light.

Jesus, who came to restore all of creation – including humanity – to its intended place referred to Himself as that “light.”

In Him, we not only have the light of salvation but the only light by which we can find our way – His way – through our world’s spiritual darkness.

When we walk in the Light, we won’t stumble in the darkness.

Our Daily Bread – Jun 1, 2015