Light is older than anything else in the universe. God created it first, and even to this day, light remains a mystery. The experts can’t even figure out how it works. They don’t know if it is a wave or if it is particles. For more than 2,000 years, great thinkers have struggled to understand what light is. Plato is the one who came up with the “Fire of the Eye” theory. He taught that light came from the eye itself. When someone asked, “Why then can’t we see in the dark?”, he admitted that his theory needed some work. Ya think?

There is another light that is also a mystery to the human race: The Light of the World. Jesus made it clear that He is light: “Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life’” (John 8:12). This is an awesome light! “

[Jesus Christ] is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen” (1 Timothy 6:15-16).

Almost anyone who had a choice between seeing where he or she was going instead of stumbling in the dark would choose to walk in the light. The truth is, though, very few really want to follow the light that Christ gives. Many insist on trying to live life their own way, even when it means going from one failure in life to another. “Jesus said to them . . . he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes” (John 12:35).

If Jesus is a light that will keep us from wandering around in the dark, then why is it that so few want to come to Christ? Jesus gave us the answer in John, Chapter Three: “This is the judgment, that the Light [i.e., Christ] has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed” (John 3:19-20). Sadly, we tend to love our own way so much that we will turn away from our only hope – fearing that Christ will show us how wrong we are.

Let’s never forget that there is a good reason for turning away from relying on ourselves in order to come to the light of Christ, even though it greatly humbles us. Jesus came to earth and died for the sins of mankind on the Cross in order, “to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins . . .” (Acts 26:18).

When Jesus forgives our sin, He also begins a wonderful and intimate relationship with us.  If we “. . . believe in the Light, [we] may become sons of Light” (John 12:36). Have you come to a time in your life when you admitted your need for Christ’s light?

If I can help you in any way, please let me know. The living Word of God (Jesus Christ) shines clearly through the written Word of God (the Bible). I am happy to provide a free Bible study to anyone who asks. Your comments are welcome at: www.BethelChapelChurch.com.