The Light Of The World

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." - John 3:16 KJV

Jesus is the illumination of God's love.

"And God said, Let there be light: and there was light." - Genesis 1:3 KJV

God wanted to make it possible for us to see things that were far away in this creation He was making so He illuminated it.

"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 KJV

Yes! Yes! Yes! He Is the light that lights every man and shows us the love of the Father. Love is invisible unless you show it... It is unknown unless you say it. God didn't hide His love. He showed us His love.

"For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ." - 2 Corinthians 4:6 KJV

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Truth Brings Order

I hope everyone who is reading this has been in a place where they heard something in a moment that utterly changed their life. Truth. When you hear it order comes in. Perspective comes in. Light shines into darkness. For some it might have been in a movie or a song. I hope we have personal relationships where deep truth is shared. It might have come in the form of humor.

"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." - John 14:6 KJV

Jesus claimed to be 'The Truth'... Wow... that is a wild claim. It is on par with claiming to be uniquely divine in origin... The only Son of God.

I have been in rooms where chaos reigned. There was no order or just disfunctional order and there is great vunerablity there because a charismatic force can just enter and take over with little resistance.

Then there is the ordered place or person. Integrity is there. Illumination and yes even healing... Can words heal? I say 'Yes' if the illness is disfunction and function is restored there can be healing.

Let's both say truth things today... not just factually true but deep truths that heal... the only way we can do that is if we 'know' the Truth with a capital 'T'... if 'He' is what we are talking about and what we say aligns with how things really are then what we say matters. It can restore order in a world where people 'lie down in darkness'. If we see Jesus we see a 'great light' and that light can shine in us and through us to others.

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