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The Daily Word of Righteousness
The Light of Life
In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not [did not understand or overcome it or have any relationship to it]. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. (John 1:4-9)
We can notice in the above passage that eternal Life is in Christ Jesus, the living Word of God. The eternal Life is the light of "every man that cometh into the world."
There is no other moral light by which men can see the truth or in which people can walk without stumbling.
Today great emphasis is placed on education, on the acquiring of knowledge, of facts. But the meaning, significance, and profitable application of the facts can be perceived only in Christ.
In Christ Jesus are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. There exists only one Light by means of which people can perceive reality, can distinguish between what is true and what is false. The one true Light is Christ Jesus and those in whom His Life is being created and revealed; for it is His Life that is Light.
It is difficult to understand how life and light can be the same; how eternal life itself can be our light. But it is true! Christ does much more than inform us of the Person, the will, the way, and the eternal purpose of God. Rather, the Life itself that Christ Is is imparted to us, and that Life reveals to us the true knowledge of the Person, the will, the way, and the eternal purpose of God in Christ.
The Life of Christ given to us leads us into the knowledge of the Father. Christ Himself Is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. He Himself Is our wisdom, our power, our authority, our sanctification, our redemption, our joy—all we ever shall need or desire.
This does not mean that because Christ is righteous and holy we are righteous and holy by imputation and identification; that because Christ has joy we have joy vicariously; that we actually are joyless but we say we have joy because Christ has joy. It signifies rather that Christ Is our Sanctification and Joy working in us.
We live in Him and experience His holiness and joy because He is in us. In this manner His Life becomes our light by which we are brought to the place where we love righteousness and hate lawlessness. It is a new creation working in us.
The commandments of God do not of themselves provide the life that enables us to rejoice and practice righteousness. Light without life kills. The letter of the Word without the Holy Spirit kills rather than heals. It is the Spirit who gives Life—the Life that Christ is. (from Behold My Servant!)