Whoever Lives By The Truth

Comes Into The Light

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

John 3:16-21

In John’s gospel, we find Jesus, known as the Good Shepherd, speaking of hearts that stay in the cover of darkness to hide what they are doing. He isn’t calling attention to our desire for cover-up to condemn us, but to offer us salvation through Him. As the Shephard of our hearts, He brings that worst of our human nature to light to show us how much God loves us.

God in His mercy call us out of our darkness and invites us to follow Him in the light.

Sin’s darkness retreats when Christ’s light us revealed.

Our Daily Bread – February 27, 2017