John Chapter 1: verse 5 "the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it."
Light and darkness are recurring themes in John's gospel.
- God is light (1 John 1:5) where as
- Satan is the 'power of darkness' (Luke 22:53)
People love either the light or the darkness, and this love controls their actions as given in I John 3:16-19.
Those who believe on Christ Jesus are the 'Children of the light (John 12:35-36). Just as the first creation began with 'Let there be light' so the new creation began with the entrance of light into the heart of the believer (2 Cor 4:3-6).
The coming of Jesus Christ into the world was dawning of a new day for sinful man (Luke 1:78-79)
John Chapter 1: Verse 10 "He came into the very world he created, but the world didn't recognize him."
- Why did the world reject Jesus Christ?
- Because they 'didn't recognize him'.
the original of which every other light is a copy - but the Jews were content with the copies.
They had Moses and the law, the Temple and the sacrifices, but they did not comprehend that these lights pointed to the true light who was the fulfillment, the completion of the Old Testament religion.
John Chapter 1: Verse 12 and 13
But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.
They are reborn - not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but with a birth that comes from God.
Whenever Jesus taught a spiritual truth, his listeners interpreted it in a material or physical way. The light was unable to penetrate the darkness in their minds. This was true when he spoke about
- the temple of his body (2:19-21)
- the new birth (3:4)
- the living water (4:11)
- eating his flesh (6:51)
- spiritual freedom (8:31-36)
- death as sleep (11:11-13)
- and many other spiritual truths.
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