THE LIGHT OF LIFE (2)

“I HAVE COME AS A LIGHT into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness” – John 8:12b

Believing in the Lord Jesus Christ as THE LIGHT of LIFE is the Secret of Dominion over Darkness: “I HAVE COME AS A LIGHT into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness” (Jh.12:46). The unequivocal “I” indicates that it is He and only He that came to be the LIGHT of the world: 'I AM the LIGHT of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the LIGHT of LIFE” (Jh.8:12). God relates to those who believe in Jesus, flooding their hearts with the LIGHT of LIFE. Jesus’ coming as “Light into the world” means that He is the Revealer of God and of the Way to Salvation. He says in John 14:6a: “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life…”

Here, Jesus proclaims yet again His mission for coming into the world as the Source of Light, Life, and Peace to a world filled with sin, darkness, and death. He came “to give LIGHT to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of PEACE” (Lk.1:79) No longer will humanity be forced to dwell in the darkness of confusion, deception, ignorance, and death. Through Faith in the Lord Jesus, we are delivered from the futility of our ways and the dominion of sin, to walk in the liberty, freedom, and fullness of Life: “He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love” (Col.1:13). Believers in Christ are delivered from spiritual death and darkness and empowered by the Holy Spirit to walk in spiritual life and light.

Satan’s kingdom is the kingdom of darkness. Jesus’ Kingdom is the Kingdom of Light – Revelation of God. Jesus dispels the darkness of untruth by revealing the course to eternal life! God’s promises of Light are strictly for Believers in Christ. People are in spiritual darkness until they come to Christ. Darkness is the condition of non-believers, as they operate under the sphere of Satan’s influence. The world is in darkness. Christ is the only Light of Life. Faith is the bridge to come into Christ. He that believes no longer abides in darkness. Rebels who refuse to believe remain in the dungeon of darkness, shackled with unbelief, chained to sin and death – the prelude to hell!

When we walk with the Lord, we are rewarded with Light – Vision, Discernment, Wisdom, and Revelation! As we die to the flesh and to the world day by day, the light will grow brighter: “But the path of the just is like the shining sun, that shines ever brighter unto the perfect day” (Pro.4:18). There is no darkness at all in His Presence! As we walk with Him, He will expose all darkness and restore to us His pure light.