The Lord is awe-inspiring, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in 1 John 2:8,
“I am writing you a new command; its truth is seen in him and you, because the darkness is passing and the true light is already shining.”
The old command was to love. The new command John speaks of is to love, but with a newness: light. John tells us, “… the true light is already shining.” In looking ahead to the coming Messiah, Isaiah prophesied, “The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.” Isaiah 9:2.
John, in speaking of Jesus Christ, tells us in his gospel, “In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. He [John the Baptist] came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.” John 1:4-9.
As Jesus told Nicodemus, “This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men 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 his deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.” John 3:19-21.
In John 8:12 we read, “When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.’” And in John 9:5 Jesus tells us, “While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” Jesus also tells us in John 12:46, “I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.”
One work of God in each of our lives is that Jesus Christ becomes light for us when we embrace him in faith. In addition to being the light we come to as our Savior and our God, he does not leave us in spiritual darkness and confusion: our loving God brings illumination to each of us! As the Holy Spirit dwells within each of us he illuminates the Scriptures to us. We begin to become spiritually quickened as we see things around us in a new light… the light of Jesus Christ. It is Jesus Christ who brings us wisdom. It is Jesus Christ who brings us understanding. It is Jesus Christ who brings us discernment. It is Jesus Christ who brings us a new way of viewing the things of our lives more accurately and decisively! He becomes the light to our path, he shows us the way!
Our Savior Jesus Christ is truly “the light of the world”!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your theme of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We’d love to hear from you!
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