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THE LIGHT shineth in darkness

John 1:4 & 5 
"4 In Him was life; and the life was the light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not." 

We want to spread this Gospel message during Lent and always. We want to Lift High the Cross, always proclaiming Jesus's name. We have begun reading the first verses in the Gospel of John. It is an interesting contrast to the Gospels that begin with genealogy detailing the family tree of Jesus. Here in John's writing we are taken all the way back to the beginning. Before there was even time. This is a challenging idea for us; we live in time and can't imagine life outside of time. Before time the Word was there. 

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was WITH God, and the Word WAS God..." With and Was. Separate and the same. Part of the Holy Trinity. This a mystery we can get a hold of even if we not able to fully understand it. This is SO foundational it helps us understand so much more that Jesus DID; healing, making the weather obey, raise the dead. Things we can only imagine. 
Jesus DID!

Jesus DID in front of people. Witnesses. They recorded what they could, by no means did they get it ALL. Today's verses; "In Him was life; and the life was THE LIGHT of men. And THE LIGHT shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it NOT." 

Great commentary on this verse from; Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, "The vision of brightness is present but for a moment, and passes away before THE BLACK reality of the HISTORY of MANKIND. The description of Paradise occupies but a few verses of the Old Testament. The outer darkness casts its gloom on every page. But in the moral chaos, too, God said, “Let there be light; and there was light.” The first struggle of light into and through darkness until the darkness received it, ROLLED BACK before it, PASSED AWAY into it—the repeated comprehension of light by darkness, as in the dawn of every morning the night passes into day, and the earth now shrouded in blackness is now bathed in the clear white light of an Eastern sun—this has its counterpart in the moral world. There, too, the Sun of Righteousness has shone, is ever shining; but as the Apostle looks back on the history of the pre-Christian world, or, it may be, looks back on the earthly ministry of Christ Himself, he seeks in vain for the victory of truth, for the hearts of nations, or of men, penetrated through and through with heaven’s light, and he sums up the whole in one sad negation..."

The good parts of these daily devotionals are inspired by the sermon at Holy Ghost Lutheran Church in Fredericksburg Texas. You can watch it by following this link... https://youtu.be/K3lqM2LAkEY
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