Jesus, The life and light of men

 John 1:4-5

 Introduction:  Lioyd Jones asked these questions “Why did the son of God, the word ever come to this world? Why was it that he must die to save us? Why did God not use the prophets to save us by the law given through Moses?

Because there’s something wrong in us.

·         We are not only wrong in understanding Jesus, we’re wrong in our way of trying to know him.

·         We’ve failed to understand that it’s Jesus who gives life to all even the created things in heaven

·         He is the light of men. So he’s the one to give spiritual understanding of God to man.

A Jesus is life

 He is the creator and sustainer of life

   a)      All things Were made by him  Col 1:16

   b)      All things hold together by him col 1:17

Without him, nothing was made

In him was life itself. Therefore he gives us hope for our own resurrection John 5:21, 11:25

John wants us to understand that all physical life originated from the word and so we must understand from his teachings in the whole book that all spiritual life also originate from the word.

It is the spiritual life which originate from the word that brings light to that which was created (John 3:19-21; 8:12, 12:35)

B Jesus is Light

·         We live in a world of darkness

·         People spend their lives in ignorance

·         Separated from God because of ignorance Eph 4:17-19

·         Jesus offers the light of life to us (John 8:12) So he calls us to be sons of light. John 12:35-36

The world made in the beginning was good and God saw that is was good. It was light, but the present world is full of darkness. Sin has come into the world. That’s why the light brought by the son of God could not be understood.

When you are in Christ, you have come out of darkness into light. We have come out of ignorance into light. Ignorance of God, even though God has revealed himself in creation, man has still entered into rebellion. We want to explain it by change, by evolution while keeping God away from the scene. We do not have any excuse.

Until man understands that the world is God’s world and that God made it to respect certain rules, we’ll continue in the darkness, with wars, natural disasters, climate change etc.

Man is too proud that he even things he is an animal that has evolved for years.

Man must understand that he was created by God with a soul which will return to the creator someday.

The world thinks our intelligence can make us God. Man is living in darkness and darkness is inside man (Gen 6:5, Ro 1:18-21).

Application:

1-      Many people resist the life and light Jesus offers

a.       Darkness has not understood the light. Even when some of us get into darkness, instead of shining the light, we become dark. Jesus calls us to be light to the world

b.      Some try to avoid Jesus. They don’t want to change their lifestyle (John 3:19-20)

What is the darkness in your life that does not understand the light? If you think that what we need is just a teacher, then you do not need Jesus. If you think what you need is a doctrine then you have failed. You do not understand what the light has come to do in the mist of sin.

2-      For those who want to come to Jesus

a.       He offers hope and guidance in this life Micah 5:4-5a

b.      He is capable of keeping his promises Matthew 11:28-30

There is no other source of light that will direct man to the source of life than that which originates from the word, Jesus. He says “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the father but through me”(Jn 14:6).  “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12). 

Come to the light!

Shalom!