John 1:9-13
The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
If the only thing standing between sinful man and holy God was darkness, the light would have remedied that. But light did not result in universal seeing. Why? Not seeing God is not merely a problem of being surrounded by darkness. True, it is ONE of the problems, but it is not the ONLY problem. If it were, the light being revealed would have led to everyone seeing.
But the Bible points out that our problem is not just living in darkness, but possessing blindness. If you are blind, being in darkness is not your problem. Lights on or off, you cannot see. If you have vision, you also need light.
So the problem of humanity is two fold: blindness and darkness with the former being the state of all people and the latter being the atmosphere the people in that state live.
Jesus brought light, but He also gives sight. He gives sight by granting the right for enemies of God to be reborn as children of God. If we reduce our dilemma to luminescence, we overlook the deeper crisis of vision. God provided the light by sending Jesus and provides the sight by giving the blind the ability to see the light He already sent.
No comments:
Post a Comment