Jesus Is the Light and Life

 

Jesus is the Light and Life of the world.[1] In Jesus was life, and His life gave light to all humankind – both men and women.[2] Jesus is the Author of Life, Bread of Life, and Giver of Life as He holds the keys to life and death.[3] The prophet Isaiah saw Jesus’s glorious Light in the Old Testament.[4] The Gospel writer John called Jesus the bread or manna of God that came down from heaven who gives nourishing and abundant life.[5] Jesus gives new life and a rebirth for those who believe and look to Him in faith as Lord.[6] Jesus is the Lifegiving Spirit.[7]

 

Both God the Father and Jesus have and give life and light to the world as One.[8] Like His Father – the Sovereign LORD God, Jesus is the Light and Life of the world.[9] Jesus is the radiance and brightness of God’s glory and the exact representation of God’s being.[10] The apostles of Jesus saw Jesus’s light and life.[11] Even more, the Apostle Paul personally saw the great Light of Jesus on the Damascus Road.[12] The living LORD God sent His Son Jesus as a Light to shine in this dark world so that all who put their trust in Him will no longer remain in Satan’s darkness but live in His gracious Light.[13] Satan cannot overtake Jesus’s Light.[14] Jesus’ great light shined through the darkness, and the darkness could NEVER conquer, quench, nor accept Jesus’ light.[15]

 

Jesus is the great Light, the Day, and Sun of Righteousness predicted by the Old Testament prophets that came from heaven with healing rays, righteousness, and peace.[16] The Holy Scriptures call Jesus the great and glorious Daylight, Morning Dawn, and Sunlight in the beginning of creation, and He shines like His Father – the Sovereign LORD God.[17] Jesus has NO darkness within Him as He is good and separated from darkness of the Night.[18] One day, the New Jerusalem will need no sun or moon because the glory of God will give the city light, and this light is the Jesus the Lamb.[19] Darkness and the Night are all associated with the Evil One – Satan and Satan’s evil minions.[20] Satan is the god of this world and those who reject Jesus as Lord.[21] Jesus is NOT the sun because the living LORD God created the sun on the fourth day.[22] The Holy Scriptures are clear: God forbids the worship of all the forces of heaven — the sun, moon, and stars as these are just created things and NOT the Creator.[23]

 

The Holy Bible teaches that Jesus gives real and abundant life to everyone that obeys and follows Him as Lord.[24] Through faith in Jesus, WE FIND TRUE, ABUNDANT, SPIRIT-FILLED, and a RESTORED LIFE both NOW and for all ETERNITY because Jesus is the Author and Savior of Life.[25] This is the testimony, that God gives us life now and eternal life, and this life is through faithfulness and obedience to His Son, Jesus.[26] Truly knowing and understanding the living LORD God and His Son Jesus mean accepting, obeying, and faithfully depending upon the Father and His Son Jesus as LORD.[27] Everyone who believes and obeys Jesus has everlasting life and light from God.[28] Followers of Jesus are called to walk daily in this new life and light.[29]

 

Even more, we are saved from God’s wrath and judgment through faith in His Son, Jesus.[30] Whoever has the God’s Son Jesus has life; whoever does not have Jesus does not have life but God’s wrath and judgment.[31] This is the way to the real and eternal life: knowing and believing in the Heavenly Father – the one and only true living God – and His Son Jesus as the Christ sent from His Father.[32]

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[1] John 1:4-5, 9; John 4:14; John 8:12; John 9:5; see also Isaiah 9:1-2; Isaiah 42:6; Isaiah 49:6; Luke 2:32.

[2] John 1:4-5; see also Genesis 1:3; John 11:25-26; 1 John 1:5; 1 John 5:11-12.

[3] See e.g., John 1:4; John 3:15-16, 36; John 4:14, 36; John 5:21; John 6:27, 33, 35, 39-40, 47-48, 50-51, 53-54; 68; John 8:12; John 10:10, 25, 28; John 11:25-26; John 14:6; Acts 3:15; Acts 5:31-32; 1 Corinthians 15:22, 45; Revelation 1:18.

[4] See e.g., Isaiah 9:1-2; Isaiah 40:5; Isaiah 60:1-3, 19-20.

[5] See John 6:35.

[6] See John 3:3-8, 14-17.

[7] See e.g., John 5:21; 1 Corinthians 15:45.

[8] see Deuteronomy 6:4-6; Psalm 36:9; Psalm 104:2; John 5:26; John 10:30, 38; John 11:25; John 17:2-3, 11, 21; Colossians 3:4; 1 Timothy 6:13-16; 1 John 1:1, 5.

[9] See e.g., Psalm 104:1-2; John 1:1-5; John 8:12; John 9:5; John 12:46; John 14:6; 1 Timothy 6:16.

[10] See e.g., John 1:14; John 17:5, 22, 24; Hebrews 1:3.

[11] See e.g., 1 John 1:1-4.

[12] See e.g., Acts 9:3-5; Acts 22:6-8; Acts 26:13-15.

[13] See e.g., John 1:4; John 3:19; John 8:12; John 9:5; John 12:35-36, 46.

[14] See e.g., John 1:5; John 3:19

[15] See e.g., John 1:5; John 3:19-20; John 8:12.

[16] See e.g., Isaiah 9:1-2; Isaiah 42:6-7; Isaiah 49:6; Isaiah 53:5; Isaiah 60:1-2, 19-20; Malachi 4:2; Matthew 4:14-16; Luke 1:78-79; Luke 2:32; Matthew 17:1-2; Acts 26:22-23; 1 Thessalonians 5:4-8; 2 Peter 1:19; Revelation 1:16.

[17] See e.g., Genesis 1:3-5; Habakkuk 3:3-4; Matthew 17:2; Luke 1:78-79; John 1:5; John 8:12; 2 Corinthians 4:4-6; Revelation 22:5.

[18] See e.g., Genesis 1:3-5; 1 John 1:5-7; John 12:46.

[19] Revelation 21:23-24; Revelation 22:5; see also Isaiah 60:19-20; 1 Timothy 6:16.

[20] See e.g., John 3:19-21; 2 Corinthians 6:14; Ephesians 5:11, 13; Ephesians 6:12.

[21] See e.g., 2 Corinthians 4:4.

[22] See e.g., Genesis 1:14-19; Deuteronomy 4:19.

[23] See e.g., Deuteronomy 4:19; Deuteronomy 17:3; 2 Kings 17:16; Isaiah 40:26; Romans 1:24-25.

[24] See e.g., John 1:4-5; John 10:10-11, 27-28; John 11:25-26; John 17:3.

[25] See e.g., John 1:4-5; John 3:15-16; John 4:14; John 5:21; John 6:39-40, 44; John 10:9-10; John 11:25; John 14:6; John 20:30-31; Acts 3:15; Acts 4:12; Acts 5:31; 1 Corinthians 15:22.

[26] John 1:4; see also John 17:3; 1 John 4:9; 1 John 5:11.

[27] See e.g., Jeremiah 9:23-24,

[28] See e.g., John 3:16, 18, 36; John 6:47-48.

[29] See e.g., Ephesians 5:8, 14-15; 1 Thessalonians 5:4-8; 1 John 1:5-7.

[30] See e.g., John 5:24; John 6:47.

[31] See e.g., John 3:15-16, 18, 36; John 6:47; 1 John 5:11-12, 20.

[32] See Jeremiah 10:10; John 5:44; John 17:2-3; John 20:30-31; Romans 16:27; 1 Timothy 1:17; 1 John 5:20.