LIGHT OF THE WORLD.

GOD LOVES YOU, JESUS LOVES YOU! Don't take my word for it, take God's word for it. Right from the first chapter in Genesis, there  is evidence of how God loves us. The first command that God gave was that of Grace, one that expressed in His action how much He loved us.

In Genesis chapter 1 verse 3, God says "Let there be Light." I know what you are thinking, what has this to do with anything? Why is this command so important? Well to us light is what enables us to see, to a physicist, light is a name for a range electromagnetic radiation that can be detected by the human eye. Don't quit on me, I just mentioned the physics part to sound fancy. All this might be true but there has to be more in this command, being that it is the first command that God wanted us to see when we read His word. There has to be more to it than electromagnetic fancy stuff. 

In the first day of creation God said let there be Light, it is only until the fourth day of creation, in verse 14 is there mention of the sun and the moon, so there was Light before the sun and the moon and the stars. We can pretty much throw that electromagnetic fancy stuff out of the window by now, this is not what God meant by Light. 

When God says, "Let there be Light.", God speaks of the Light of the world! In John 8:12 there was a man that said "I am the Light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the Light of life." These words were spoken by Jesus Christ.

 Jesus Christ is more than a man, He is the Son of God! Why would God order for this Light upon the earth then, upon our world? Why would He will Jesus Christ, His only son for the world as His first command?

You see before God created man He knew we would sin and fall short of His glory. He loved us so much that He made man in His own image, He made man pure and free from sin, and He gave man a soul. Unlike all other creations, we were made so special that we can fellowship with God! But sin destroys that fellowship, when Adam and Eve bit that forbidden fruit they were no longer worthy to be in the Presence of God. So they were cast out of the Garden of Eden. 

But thank God for His Command, the Light of the world. God wanted to restore this relationship that once was there before our short comings. So God did the unthinkable, He sent us His one and only Son to the earth, the only pure thing other than Himself, to die on the cross for us so that we may be forgiven of our sins and have a relationship with God. 

Imagine that the purest thing God had, the best that He had, what He willed first, He gave it to us. John 3:16 'For God so loved the world that he gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.' Imagine that, forgiveness from your sins and eternal life, just for believing in God. Oh what grace the Light brings.

We are all sinners, except Jesus Christ, and the wages of sin is death, imagine what fate awaited us if Jesus didn't die on the cross for us. Eternal damnation. But God loved us so much that His first command was for us grace us with His Light. 

See there is nothing good that we can do to get us into heaven, Ephisians 2:8 'For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.' Jesus is the only way to heaven, don't be fooled that there is another way. In John 14:6, Jesus "I am the Way, the Truth and the Light, no one cometh to the Father but by Me."

John 3:17 'For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.' God wants to save you today, He wants to give you life and life in abundance. Imagine the destiny He has for you, to live forever WITH Jesus in Heaven as opposed to forever without Him in hell because of your sin. Yeah, live in Heaven with Jesus, He died on the cross but He rose from the dead on the third day!

Jesus made it so easy to be saved, all you have to do is to ask Jesus Christ into your heart and ask Jesus to forgive you of your sins. Do it in your own words, God will hear you from wherever you are, whether you shout it or whisper it. 

 And you know what, God will remove your sins and He will separate your sins from you as far as the east is from the west. Angels will write your name in the book of life and Jesus will not only come into your heart but He is preparing a place for you in heaven! 

This is the best choice you can make in your life. And for you that have accepted Christ into your life, trust in God, obey His spirit and His commandments. Read the Bible as much as you can, here is a guide for what to read in your journey as a new believer.  

And just as the plants need the light to grow and to process their food, we need Jesus to grow and to process God's word. And just like the plants follow the light, we will follow Jesus. 

'This is the message we have heard from Him and declare to you: God is Light; in Him there is no darkness at all.' 1st John 1:5. Be blessed all you God's Beloved.