The Sharing Series: Sight and Light

January 18, 2015 at 5:32pm

John 1:36,39a - "And (John the Baptist) looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith. B̲e̲h̲o̲l̲d̲, the Lamb of God!", "He (Jesus) saith unto them. Come and s̲e̲e̲..."

Two verses distanced 2 verses apart, both talking about seeing. As we have learned in Physics or Science class, the sense of sight is stimulated in the presence of light. Thus, it is so fitting that we should, in the spiritual sense, be able to see God, for God is light (1 John 1:5, Psalm 27:1, John 8:12).

However, there would be one condition if we cannot see God, and His glory: being blind spiritually (2 Cor 4:4). The fall of Adam and Eve caused the human race to be born with sin, and thus being in darkness (John 3:19-20). Because the deceitful nature of sin, it blinds us from knowing God from birth.

Thankfully, there is the "light of the glorious gospel" (2 Cor 4:4-6), in which Christ, the light of the world and light of life (John 8:12), came down from His heavenly throne to dwell on earth (John 1:14) as both human and God, and to die on the cross of Calvary, where He shed His blood to atone for our sins, and to redeem us, thus delivering us from darkness and translated us into His kingdom (Col 1:12-14). The Light of the world has brought us "out of darkness" (Psalm 107:14), and enable us to see God (Matt 5:8) by purifying our hearts from sin.

On our part in response to what Christ has done, we need to be born again (John 3:3), which is to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ (John 1:12-13, John 12:46). We would then follow Him and walk in the Light (John 8:12, 1 John 1:).

My fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, let us rejoice in thanksgiving that by God's grace we can now see Him, and be in the light and out of darkness; at the same time we, now as children of light, should ensure our conduct is acceptable in the Lord (Ephesians 5:8) by the workings of the Holy Spirit within us, so that we as the light of the world can shine before others, and be a testimony to others, and at the same time, glorify God (Matthew 5:16).

For those who have yet to know Christ, reiterating John 1:39, "Come and see", because the Light has come to the world that was once in darkness, and allowing all to be able to "see". Would you, then, come, and to experience Him, to taste and see, that the Lord is good? (Psalm 34:8)

(Underline words and added parentheses are added for emphasis and context.)