What Did Jesus Say? - About Light?
Up until the time that Jesus was
born, the world was in a state of deep spiritual darkness. There had
been no communication from God for four hundred years since the
prophesies of Malachi, silent years in which every man seemed to do
that which was right in his own eyes without any regard for the
things of God, much as it is in the world today.
Isaiah had prophesied that there
would come a time that the light would be turned on through the
coming of the Messiah.
“The people that walked in
darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the shadow of
death, upon them hath the light shinned.” Isaiah 9: 2.
Jesus Christ, the light of the
world had come to seek and to save that which was lost and give light
unto the world, but even after his coming into the world, the world
was in such gross darkness that even though the light was shinning,
it was necessary for God to send John the Baptist, preaching in the
wilderness, to declalre that the light had been turned on, and to
tell the multitudes to “Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away
the sin of the world.”John 1: 29.
“In him was life; and the life
was the light of men.”John 1: 4
“Then spake Jesus again unto
them saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall
not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” John 8:
12.
We who have been redeemed by the
blood of Christ and born into his family, have the light of Christ
dwelling in us. We ought to keep our gaze upon him so that we will
reflect his light to the world around us, even as the moon reflects
the light of the sun;.
Jesus said: “Ye are the light of
the world, a city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do
men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick;
and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light
so shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify
your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5: 14-16.
Let us pray that each of us who
are his will reflect the light of Christ and his salvation to give
light and hope to a lost and dying world.
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