Scripture Read: John 1:1-5 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [2] He was in the beginning with God. [3] All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. [4] In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. [5] And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
Application: Life – (ζωή zōē) = the state of one who is possessed of vitality or is animate, of the absolute fullness of life, both essential and ethical, In the strict sense, this use is not metaphorical, since operative power is of the very essence of life itself.
Light – (φῶς phōs) = the light, light has the extremely delicate, subtle, pure, brilliant quality, that which is exposed to the view of all, openly, publicly. The light symbolism should not be restricted to the person; the teaching is included.
Darkness – (σκοτία skotia) the darkness due to want of light, used of ignorance of divine things, and its associated wickedness, and the resultant misery in hell. Not only is there darkness in the world; the world itself is darkness (Jn. 8:12; 12:35, 46; 1 Jn. 1:5 f.; 2:8 ff.). It is for this very reason that no cosmological dualism develops; it would disrupt the radicalism of thought. In John, too, darkness is a sphere = power, but it is not, as in Gnosticism, a substance too; it is the world’s proper nature in which this flourishes. Darkness puts up no effective resistance. The thought that it cannot understand light is modified here along the lines of historical decision: the world is darkness as it asserts itself as such against the light. Its nature is due to guilt, not fate.
Comprehend – (καταλαμβάνω katalambanō) = to lay hold of so as to make one’s own, to obtain, attain to, to make one’s own, to take into one’s self, appropriate, to understand. It is also used in the negative sense “to overpower,” Jn. 1:5: The darkness of separation from God has not succeeded in overcoming the light, It has not been able to vanquish the power of His light. By the very existence of this light the whole sphere of night is overcome and deprived of its power.
Christ is the possessor of all that life is. All that life holds is transparent to all because it is in the Light – He is that Light. The very opposite of that light not only cannot understand it but cannot overcome it. We live in that Darkness and only see the Light when we embrace the Life that Christ is!!! So many confuse life with existence. Christ does give existence but desires to give so much more because He is life! This is why so many are in misery – they have settled to exist instead of live! Holy Spirit I need to stay in His Light – Strengthen me to do so is my prayer! Thank You Lord for Life!
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