|
There was a blind man who, having come to know Jesus for the first time, said,
|
"One thing I know: that though I was blind, now I see" (John 9:25).
|
One of the reasons Jesus had come to this world was so that
|
"... they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind."
|
When He said this, some of those who opposed Him asked,
|
"Are we blind also?"(John 9:40)
|
To this Jesus replied,
|
"If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see,' therefore your sin remains" (John 9:41).
|
And Jesus said, "For judgment I have come into this world, that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may be made blind." Then some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these words, and said to Him, "Are we blind also?" Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains." (John 9:39-41)
With this dispute in mind, the apostle John wrote,
|
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it (John 1:5).
|
He also wrote that Jesus was "the true light which gives light to every man."
|
That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. (John 1:9-11)
|
As Jesus said, this true light that gives light to every man was Jesus Himself.
|
As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. (John 9:5)
|
Long before this, the prophet Isaiah also said,
|
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined. (Isaiah 9:2)
|
|
For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6)
|
It says here, "unto us a Son is given." About 740 years later, God spoke through His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, saying,
|
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life (John 3:16).
|
Before Jesus, this only begotten Son, was born into the world in human form, He was God the Creator (See Proverbs 8:22-30).
|
"Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman; and I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him." (Proverbs 8:30)
|
The Bible says that "No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him" (John 1:18).
|
