John 1:3-5 – Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In Him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Colossians 1:16-17 – For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Genesis 1:1-2 – In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
The Gospel according to John is written to show that Jesus was equally God and equally man. Jesus was fully God and fully man. Since God always existed. When the Word says that Jesus existed “in the beginning,” and that He was with God, and was God, the statements are clear. In the eternity past to the eternity future Jesus was part of the Trinity, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Jesus has always been God and forever will be God. The Apostle John’s intent was to show that Jesus, the Word of God, is God, the one God, the Three in One and the One in Three God. They are three and an invisible one.
In Vs 3-5 the Apostle John continues to reveal qualities of Jesus that only belong to God and works that only God has done. As told in Genesis 1 God created all of creation. Here it is stated that all of creation was made through Him. God made all things out of nothing. That defies the understanding of man because mankind cannot understand how something can be made from nothing. To man that seems impossible, but for God nothing is impossible. (Matthew 19:26) Even the smallest of anything has its beginning with God and God did all this starting from nothing. He created all according to His purpose. Whether it be the smallest living organism or the mightiest sun, all of creation has purpose that is ordained by God. (Job 42:2) God knew when He created the dust of the earth that He would use the dust to create mankind. So God formed all parts of a man but it was not living, it was ready to live. But until the Lord breathed the Holy Spirit into the man it was inanimate. According to His plan He made the form of mankind and then according to His plan He breathed life into this preformed creation and called Him Adam. The meaning of “Adam” is “man”. Jesus was the instrument of God to speak man, and all the universe, into creation. Jesus formed man and spoke life into Him. When God spoke, Jesus was the one speaking. (But of course the three are united in will, thought and deed and so we know that what one intends and does all three precisely agree).
Jesus is the light of the world. (John 8:12) Those who walk with Him will not walk in the darkness of the world, but instead will walk illuminated paths of God’s way. (Psalm 119:105) The world is full of darkness and evil. To walk in the light of God’s way is to not stumble and walk in darkness, but to walk a well-lit road that God has called us to. The well-lit road is the Truth that is Jesus, it is the way that all men must walk to be spiritually alive. Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. (John 14:6)
Jesus came to give us eternal life. He is the Light of the world that leads us from darkness to light. He is the Life, the only Way to receive true eternal live. We follow Jesus because He is the only way to walk eternally with God. In Him is our peace.
Evil tried to overcome the Lord. It tempted Him and tried to dissuade us from fulfilling His commitment to save us. But it could not. If all of evil could not keep Him from overcoming, then certainly no person can. Light in a room chases the darkness away. Jesus in our hearts cleanses us from evil and chases away the darkness of the world. Only Jesus could, and can, do that. He gives victory to us. Only through Jesus can eternal life be had. Seek out Jesus and then cling tightly to Him. Jesus is the treasure of the world.
Psalm 150:6 – Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Micah 7:7 – But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will Hear me.
Micah 6:8 – He has shown you, Oh man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.
Numbers 6:24-26 The Lord bless you and keep you; 25 The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26 The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.