Come to the Light

June 30, 2016

Come to the Light

But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.

John  3:21(NRSV)

In Numbers 21, Moses made a bronze image of a deadly serpent and placed it on a pole. In Moses’ hands, when the serpent, a symbol of evil and death, was lifted up and the people looked upon it, they were healed. John is saying that because Jesus was nailed to a cross and lifted up, the whole world can see the result of sin and evil; but in the hands of God, that cross turns into the pathway to our salvation. When Jesus is lifted high, we have the opportunity to come out of the darkness and live in the light of God’s eternal love.

Jesus was lifted high on the cross so that the world could see that “God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16). Jesus said that his followers can also be lifted up as a sign of God’s love: “But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God” (John 3:21 NRSV). This means that when we are living in God’s light, others will see and will have the opportunity to join us in God’s love.

Does your lifestyle reveal you are living in God’s light?

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

·        Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

·        The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ has been released as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188.