![]() ![]() I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles.” ( Isaiah 42:6) “I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness I will take hold of your hand.Light is also a common description of the Messiah in prophecy: This section is an adapted excerpt from "The Light of the World" by Albert Mohler on. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him." As John 1:10-11 explained, "He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. In this sense, darkness refers to the fact that many will outright reject the light. This points beyond the mere fact of simple ignorance. Darkness refers to evil and willful blindness. Even today, we know that untold millions still dwell in deep darkness, having never heard about the one true God or of Jesus Christ, His only Son.Ģ. To the Jewish mind, this metaphor had particular application to the Gentile world - a world that had not received the grace of God through the revelation of the Torah, the prophets, and the written revelation of God. Those who are "in the dark" are those who lack knowledge. Darkness points to the simple fact of human ignorance. This metaphor of light only makes sense against a background of darkness.ġ. ![]() One of the first Jews to recognize baby Jesus as the promised Messiah called him "a light of revelation" ( Luke 2:32). The idea of light chasing away darkness is central to understanding Jesus and Christianity. There is a Light there whose rays are to illumine, not only the Temple, or Jerusalem, or Judea, or the Dispersion, but the world.” “On this night the light is not to shine but the true Light, which was ever in the world, is now in His own Temple, speaking the words of light and life to His own people. But the night Jesus claimed to be “the light of the world ( John 8:12),” Elliot’s Commentary explains: During this celebration, four gold candelabra were lighted, illuminating the whole court. The Feast of Tabernacles was going on for the past several days. This was near the Court of Women, “which was the most public part of the temple,” according to this commentary. We know from John 8:20 that Jesus said these words in the Treasury of the Temple. This word, translated from the Greek Phos, means “to shine or make manifest, the light, brightness.” “Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the Light of the world he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.’” Biblical Context of “I Am the Light of the World” The same word the Bible uses for light in Matthew 5 to describe Christ’s Church also describes Christ Himself in John 8:12: God is the light that shines within and through His church as the light of the world. What Did Jesus Mean When He Said, “I Am the Light of the World”? Taken from " Bright Lights in a Dark World " by Love Worth Finding Ministries/Adrian Rogers (used by permission). That's how God intends to get his work done on earth today: through you! It's not just pastors and missionaries who are the light it's everybody who loves the Lord. Even today, you are the light of the world. Yet Christ said to them, "You are the light of the world" ( Matthew 5:14). Jesus was speaking to a crowd of just ordinary folks. The light speaks of the testimony of a follower of Christ, revealing and illuminating the truth. Jesus also described His people as being like light, which is on the outside. The salt speaks of the inward part, the character of the Christian. When salt is applied, it dissolves inward and disappears. ![]() We are called to be the salt and light in the world. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” ( Matthew 5:13-16) ![]() Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven." ( Matthew 5:14-16) Light of the World in Scripture Here Christ tells them "You are the light of the world. In Jesus Christ's " Sermon on the Mount," he first preaches to His followers the Beatitudes, of who shall be blessed by God, and then of salt and light. ![]()
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