Jesus is and gives both Life and Light to the world

John 1:4-5

Light of the World: “The problem is not that God hasn’t spoken, but that we haven’t listened” (Max Lucado). “It is strange what men can believe, so long as it is not in the Bible” (Napoleon Bonaparte).

                “In Him was life, and the life was the Light of mankind. 5 And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not grasp it.” (i.e., does not comprehend it, KJV; defeat it, ERV; put it out, NLV). The contrast between light and darkness, life and death, is a repeated theme in John’s writings.  Light and Life are traits of Jesus; Light and Life are gifts of Jesus:

John 11:10. “But if anyone walks during the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”

John 12:46. “I have come as Light into the world, so that no one who believes in Me will remain in darkness.”

John 5:21. “For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes.”

John 5:40. “… and yet you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.”

THE GOSPEL OF JOHN,

“BE LOVED”

THE WAY OF MY GOD

A Commentary

Laurence Wed-Chung Wedderburn