Thought For Today - June 23, 2023
What did Jesus say? - About light?
By: Robert A. Searles
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 declare 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."
"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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