1 John 1:5-7 – “This
is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him
there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have
fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out
the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the
light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son,
purifies us from all sin.”
First of all it’s
important to know that John is not just giving his opinion here as to how we
ought to live and grow, for he says in the very first verse; and watch the
progression here; “That which we have “heard”, that which we have “seen”, (or
we could say that which we have “read” or “looked at” or “studied”) “and our
hands have touched” (personal experience) “This is what we proclaim to you!”
You see, John was there! He heard Jesus, he saw Jesus, and he touched Jesus! He
tells us of his experience by summing it up in the words - “God is light!”
Do you know that even
the greatest scientists are baffled by the mystery of light? They can study it
and explain the effects of it, but they still don’t understand what light is!
Hmmm…John simply says; “God is light” and he is just as mysterious in the
spiritual sense as light is in the natural to scientists.
An October 2001 edition
of the National Geographic had an amazing article on the “Power of Light.” This
is what the introduction said; “Light reveals the world to us. Body and soul
crave it. Light sets our biological clock. It triggers in our brains to the sensations
of color. It feeds us by supplying the energy needed for growth. Light inspires
us with special effects like rainbows, sunrises and sunsets. It gives us
life-changing tools, from light bulbs - to lasers - to fiber optics. Scientists
don’t fully understand what light is or what the limitless possibilities
are…They just know that it will illuminate our future!” (Hello!)
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